India, May 9 -- Nine Bangladesh nationals, who had been working in Rajasthan for a year, were arrested in West Bengal's Uttar Dinjapur district on Friday when they were trying to cross the Indo-Bangladesh border to return home, officials said.

The nine were intercepted by the Border Security Force (BSF).

A BSF officer said they had illegally entered the country and had been working in Rajasthan for about a year as daily wage labourers.

"Acting on specific information, troops of the BSF's Kishanganj sector held the illegal Bangladeshis from Daspara village in Uttar Dinajpur district," said a BSF official.

Preliminary investigation revealed that they are all residents of Narsingdi district in Bangladesh, located around 50 km north east ...