The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has reportedly pushed at least 30 individuals into Bangladeshi territory through two distinct border points in Chapainawabganj and Mymensingh. These incidents occurred in the early hours of Sunday.
In Chapainawabganj, eight individuals were forced into Bangladesh via the Chanshikari border area of Bholahat Upazila. Personnel from the 59 Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) battalion subsequently apprehended them and transferred them to their camp. The detainees have been identified as Fayez (28), Azim Sarker (25), Mim Khatun (19), Rustam Ali (44), Mofazzel Hossain (35), Rantna Akhter Nupur (22), Nadira Khatun (37), and Dukhi Das (55). Lieutenant Colonel Golam Kibria, Commanding Officer of the 59 BGB, stated that the detainees would be handed over to Bholahat Police Station following further investigation.
A separate incident in Mymensingh saw 22 more individuals, including women and children, pushed into Bangladesh by the BSF through the Dobaura and Haluaghat border areas. Colonel Sarker Mohammad Mostafizur Rahman, Sector Commander of BGB Mymensingh Sector, confirmed that 12 individuals from two families were pushed through the Munshipara point of the Dobaura border and subsequently detained by Gujrat Police. Concurrently, 10 other individuals, comprising nine women and one girl, were pushed through the Surjapur BGB camp area of the Haluaghat border.
BGB officials indicated that the BSF conducted these pushbacks from the Indian state of Meghalaya. Authorities have initiated an investigation into these incidents, and appropriate legal action will be taken.
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