Dhaka, May 13 -- A total of 78 Bengali-speaking individuals, reportedly Bangladeshi as India claimed, were pushed into Bangladesh across the Mandarbaria border in the Sundarbans by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) and its Navy team.
The group, comprising men and women of varying ages, was discovered on a remote shoal in Satkhira near the Bay of Bengal and later rescued by the Bangladesh Coast Guard. According to officials, they had been abandoned in phases, blindfolded and bound, after being transported from Gujarat via Kolkata by ship.
On Sunday night, the group was handed over to Shyamnagar Police Station. Of the 78 individuals, 75 were later housed at the Upazila Muktijoddha Complex, while three who claimed Indian citizenship by ...