A helpless woman has been stranded for four days in no man’s land on the India-Bangladesh border in Dewanganj, Jamalpur. She is estimated to be about 30 years old.
The woman is near international border pillar 1076 on the Patharer Char border of the upazila. India’s Border Security Force (BSF) tried to push her into Bangladesh on 10 November. Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and local people blocked the push-in.
Bangladeshis living near the border have been throwing bread, bottles of water, dry food and other food to the woman, who has been stuck in no man’s land between the two countries for the past four days, it was learned.
According to health officials, the woman, stuck for days in an overgrown area, has no food, sleep or shelter. She is in extreme distress and fear. She is also at risk of dengue and other diseases, and the danger of a venomous snakebite cannot be ruled out.
Venomous snakebites have been reported in the border areas of Dewanganj and elsewhere. Several people have already been bitten and deaths have also been reported.
Residents of Patharer Char said members of the BSF’s Lukayer Char camp in India tried to push the woman, aged about 30, into Bangladesh on the morning of 10 November. BGB and local people stopped them.
Md Imam Hossain, assistant director of Jamalpur 35 BGB, told journalists that when the BSF tried to push the woman into Bangladesh on 10 November, BGB and local people blocked it.
Md Anwar Hossain, officer in charge (OC) of Dewanganj Model Police Station, told the daily Naya Diganta that as of Friday the woman stranded in no man’s land between the two countries was still there.
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