Sylhet, June 13 -- Border Guard Bangladesh on Friday detained 13 people who were reportedly pushed in by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) through the Barlekha border in Moulvibazar.

They were detained near the New Pallathal border outpost (BOP). The detainees include four men, three women, and six children.

Lt Col Arifjan, commanding officer of BGB Battalion-52, said that the BSF pushed the 13 Bangladeshi nationals across the border into Bangladesh territory.

Locals assisted the BGB in detaining them once they entered the country, he added. The identities of the individuals are being verified.

Rafiquddin Ahmed, chairman of Uttar Shahbajpur Union Parishad, said on Friday afternoon that the detainees were being kept at a local sch...