including women and children,
across the Bijoypur border in Netrokona's Durgapur upazila. They were pushed into Bangladesh around 3am on Tuesday. Later, the BGB arrested them from the border area.
The BGB says the detainees include 22 women, one child and 9 men. All of them are Bangladeshi citizens.
The arrested are Sabina Begum
(35), Hasna Khatun (25), Eva Sheikh (18), Mahmuda Begum, Tumpa Khatun (22), Parvina Sheikh (30), Ramzan Ali (18), Md. Zakaria (30), Md. Monjurul Islam (37), Md. Shakil Ijaddar (22), Sonia (19), Halima Ijaddar (2), Tania Khatun (26), Rekha Khatun (26), Kabita Khatun (20), Elina Begum (30), Sayera Khatun (30), Asma Khatun (28), Nur Islam Sardar (42), Alam Sardar (18), Masud Sardar (9), Maryam (12), Nasrin Begum (32), Miraj Gazi (23), Rozina Banu (35), Chhasira Gazi (14), Siraj Gazi (22), Fanufa Gazi (20), Jahanara Begum (40), Juthi Akhter (17), Fatema (25) and Rita Akhter (21).
The detainees' homes are
in various places in Tangail, Bagerhat, Mongla, Satkhira, Jessore, Narail, Dinajpur, Sherpur, Khulna, Brahmanbaria, Jamalpur and Dhaka districts.
Netrokona BGB 31 Battalion Commander Mohammad Kamruzzaman said that the 32 people were pushed in by members of the 200 BSF Battalion's Bagmara Camp through the jungle area between border pillars 1148 and 1149 in the area of responsibility of Bijoypur BOP. They will be handed over to Durgapur Police Station.
