The Border Security Force of India pushed at least 95 more people into Bangladesh through several border points in six districts on Friday.
With these, the BSF and the Indian Navy have pushed at least 1,201 people into Bangladesh through 17 bordering districts since May 7, according to the Border Guard Bangladesh.
Of the 95 pushed into Bangladesh on Friday, 29 were pushed into the country through three border points in Moulvibazar, 22 through a border point in Habiganj, 14 through Khagrachari, 13 through Feni, 10 through Jhenaidah and seven through Lalmonirhat, according to BGB headquarters data.
Of the 1,123 people detained by the BGB, 132 were pushed into Bangladesh through Khagrachari, 115 through Sylhet, 369 through Moulvibazar, 41 through Habiganj, 16 through Sunamganj, 13 through Cumilla, 52 through Feni, 93 through Kurigram, 85 through Lalmonirhat, 19 through Thakurgaon, 32 through Panchagrah, 15 through Dinajpur, 17 through Chapainawabganj, 19 through Chuadanga, 30 through Meherpur, 52 through Jhenaidah and 23 through Satkhira, the BGB data showed.
On May 9, the BSF and the Indian Navy allegedly pushed 78 people, including three Indian nationals, into Bangladesh through the Mandarbaria area under the Satkhira range of the Sunderbans’ west forest zone. India’s BSF and Navy have begun pushing people, including Indians and Rohingyas, into Bangladesh since May 7.
The BSF pushed 29 individuals, including women and children, into Bangladesh through two border points in Moulvibazar and Juri upazilas in Moulvibazar district early Friday, New Age correspondent in Moulvibazar reported.
BGB Rajki border outpost camp commander Nayek Subedar Abul Hashem said that they had detained 10 people at about 8:30am on Friday amid heavy rainfall at Juri upazila.
Abul Hashem added that the detainees had gone to India long ago and worked as day labourers in the Haryana state.
Meanwhile, 19 more individuals, including children, were detained from two separate border areas of Kamalganj upazila on Friday. The BGB stated that they had also been pushed into Bangladesh from India. At about 4:00am, five individuals were detained from the Bagichhara border area, and at 7:00am, another 14 were detained from the Champachhara area.
BGB-46 Battalion commanding officer ASM Zakaria said that they had detained five people from the Bagichhara border area of Kamalganj at about 4:00am and 14 others were detained from the Champachhara border at about 7:00am on Friday.
New Age Staff Correspondent in Sylhet reported that BSF pushed 22 more people, including women and children, into Bangladesh through an unpopulated and hilly border point at Chunarughat upazila in Habiganj early Friday.
Khalilur Rahman, member of Gazipur union parishad under the Chunarughat upazila, told New Age that the BSF personnel pushed 22 people, including nine women and five children, into Bangladesh through Kalenga border point under the upazila at about 4:30am.
He said that the individuals worked at a brick kiln in Haryana State of India.
‘The BSF caught them from there, brought them to the Kalenga border point by a bus and then pushed them into Bangladesh,’ Khalilur said.
He said that they informed the Kalenga border outpost personnel of Border Guard Bangladesh over the issue and the BGB personnel rushed to the spot immediately after receiving the news.
New Age correspondent in Feni reported that the BSF pushed 13 people into Bangladesh through Chhagalnaiya border in the district early Friday.
BGB-4 Battalion commanding officer Lieutenant Colonel Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain said that they had detained them through a drive at about 4:30am.
The BSF pushed 14 more people into Bangladesh through the Matiranga border in Khagrachhari district early Friday, United News of Bangladesh reported.
The BGB detained them from a mango garden of Taindong union at about 5:00am on Friday.
Khagrachhari deputy commissioner ABM Iftekharul Islam Khandaker said that the citizenship status of the detainees was being verified.
According to Bangladesh authorities, Bangladesh has 4,156 kilometres of border with India, of which some 180 kilometres fall on different water bodies and 79 kilometres on the Sundarbans.
