India, Dec. 24 -- Seven persons, who were pushed into Bangladesh after being declared foreigners on December 19, have been detained in Assam's Sribhumi district on Wednesday, barely seven kilometres from the spot from where they were pushed out.

The seven, including a woman, told Village Defence Party (VDP) members who caught them that they had re-entered India with the help of a trafficking racket, police said.

The VDP members, who spotted the group at about 3am on Wednesday near the India-Bangladesh international border, later handed them over to the Border Security Force (BSF).

Sribhumi district's senior superintendent of police (SSP) Leena Doley confirmed their detention. She said the individuals have been handed over to the BSF an...