Bagerhat, Dec. 8 -- seven Indian fishermen released from Bagerhat District Jail will be handed over to the Indian Coast Guard on Tuesday.

Following a court order, jail authorities handed them over to the Bangladesh Coast Guard on Sunday afternoon in the presence of officials from the Indian High Commission, an executive magistrate from the district administration, and a representative from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Earlier, Coast Guard members left Mongla on Monday morning with the fishermen, who are expected to be transferred to the Indian Coast Guard at the Bangladesh-India maritime border on Tuesday.

Sources said that the Indian authorities are also expected to hand over 32 Bangladeshi fishermen imprisoned in India to the Ban...