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BSF detains 5 Bangladeshis from Rajshahi border

'We have written to BSF for a flag meeting which might take place on Saturday'

Update : 31 Jan 2020, 11:55 PM

The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has detained five Bangladeshis along Khorchaka border in Godagari upazila of Rajshahi.

The incident took place on Friday morning, reports UNB.

The detainees are -- Rajon Hossain, 25, Sohel, 27, Kabil, 25, Shahin, 35, and Shafiqul, 30. All of them are residents of Gamabona village in Paba upazila.

Paba's Haripur Union Parishad Chairman Rejab Al Hasan Manjil said they went to graze their cows in the border area on Friday morning when BSF picked them up. 

One of them was tortured by the BSF members, he said quoting locals.

Rajshahi BGB 1 Commander Lt Col Ferdous Ziauddin Mahmud said they are aware about the development.

"We have written to BSF for a flag meeting which might take place on Saturday," he said. 

"The Bangladeshis will be brought back through flag meeting."

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