Dhaka, May 15 -- Amid mounting diplomatic strain along the Bangladesh-India border, Indian border forces on Tuesday morning reportedly pushed 16 more people-including two children-into Bangladesh through the Aatgram border in Sylhet's Kanaighat upazila.
The group, comprising eight men, six women, and two children, was detained around 8:00 a.m. by a patrol unit of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), officials said. The detainees have claimed Bangladeshi nationality and stated they had been living in India for an extended period without legal status.
Confirming the incident, Lieutenant Colonel Md Jubayer Anwar, commanding officer of the 19 BGB Battalion based in Zakiganj, told the media that preliminary interrogation is underway."We are curr...