Dhaka, July 26 -- The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) pushed 21 Rohingyas, including women and children, into Bangladesh through the Nakugaon border in Sherpur at night, according to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB).

The incident occurred around 1:00am on the night of Thursday (July 24) when the group was forced across the border through Gate No. 3 near border pillar 1416, said Lt Col Mehedi Hasan, commander of BGB Battalion-39 in Mymensingh.

The group, comprising five men, five women and eleven children, is currently being sheltered at Nakugaon Government Primary School.

According to BGB, all 21 are Rohingya nationals who fled Myanmar in 2017 and were living in the Balukhali refugee camp in Ukhiya, Cox's Bazar. Later, they illegally c...