30 Bangladeshi men, women detained in India return home
Thirty Bangladeshis, including males and females, returned home through the Benapole Checkpost on Friday after serving different terms in Indian prisons.
They were handed over by the Petrapole Immigration Police to the Benapole Checkpost Immigration Police at about 5:30pm through travel permits.
The Bangladeshis had to remain behind bars in India two to eight years even after completing their prison sentences.
The poverty-stricken Bangladeshis visited India through against the law ways two to eight years back being lured by brokers for job opportunities and better life. Among them, 10 were men and 20 women. These were caught by police while working as servants at homes in several Indian states including Mumbai and Kolkata. Eleven non-government organisations (NGOs) including Sanglap, Liloya and Sushilon secured their release from prisons and kept them within their shelter homes. Later, the NGOs arranged their repatriation contacting with the home ministries of India and Bangladesh.
Bangladesh deputy high commissioner to India BM Jamal Hossain said those who returned to Bangladesh through travel permits were paid to their respective families through three NGOs--Bangladesh Manobadhikar Sangstha, Mohila Ainjibi Samity and Justice and Care.
Jashore Human Rights chairman Binoy Krishna Mallick said those who returned home through travel permits on Friday visited different district towns of India being lured by brokers two to eight years back. Police in those district towns arrested them and handed them over to 11 NGOs of India. They found its way to Bangladesh on Friday on completion of legal processes.
Benapole Immigration officer-in-charge Ahsan Habib confirmed about the arrival of 30 Bangladeshi individuals through Benapole border. They would be handed over with their respective families verifying their addresses. The guardians of the Bangladeshis who've not come to receive them will be kept in a shelter home in Jashore. Later, they'll be handed over to their families.
