Bangladesh Police imported six trained horses from India on Thursday night.
The trained horses reached Benapole Port via Petrapole Port in India, Sajedur Rahman, general secretary of the Benapole C&F Agents Staff Association told Bangla Tribune.
He said: "The horses were imported from Rajasthan. They will be taken to Rajarbagh Police Lines after release.”
Benapole Land Port Deputy Director (Traffic) Monirul Islam said: The import cost of horses is $83,340, which is about Tk890,000. We have been instructed to quickly release the horses.”
In this regard, Kamal Hossain Bhuiyan, officer-in-charge of Benapole Port police station, said the port authorities have been given all assistance for the speedy release of the horses.
The horses were purchased from JK Enterprise.