Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has detained 21 people for entering Bangladesh illegally from India from Nischintapur and Mogdaspur points in Moheshpur upazila of Jhenidah district.
A BGB patrol team from Polianpur Border Outpost (BOP) detained 16 people from Nischintapur while another team from Jululi BOP detained five more from Mogdaspur village around 5am, UNB reported quoting a press release on Saturday.
The detainees claimed that they are all Bangladeshi citizens.
Among the detainees, eight are men, seven women, six children and a broker.
The detainees said they entered India at different times seeking jobs, for treatment and for bringing cattle.
BGB sources said, they were handed over to Jhenidah police station and a case will be filed against them.