Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has detained 10 people, including women and children, on charges of illegally crossing into the country in the Darshana border area of Chuadanga.
Chuadanga-6 BGB director Lt Col Nazmul Hasan confirmed the matter in a press release at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday (May 31).
The release said members of the BGB’s Baradi camp detained them at around 5 a.m. on Sunday while they were illegally entering Bangladeshi territory during border duty. Among those detained are two men, three women and five children.
Lt Col Nazmul Hasan said the detainees’ identities are being verified and they are being questioned. After initial legal procedures, the process of handing them over to Darshana police station is under way.
He added that cases will be filed against the detainees under the existing law on charges of illegally crossing the border, and that the BGB’s operations to prevent illegal entry and crossing are continuing.
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