Natore, Aug. 2 -- A court here on Thursday awarded one-year jail term to an Indian citizen named Jotendor Das for entering Bangladesh illegally.

Natore Judicial Magistrate Mehedi Hassan pronounced the verdict.

Police arrested him from Bagatipara thana area on November 18, 2017 on charges of trespassing into Bangladesh illegally. The court pronounced the judgment this afternoon after a case was lodged against him.

Public Prosecutor Rafiqul Islam informed that Jotendor, son of Sitaram Das of Madhupur thana in Bhagolpur district of India, has been kept at Natore jail since his detention as none came to take him even after completion of his jail term.

Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from United News of Bangladesh....