Five arrested for illegal entry at Maheshpur border

Published at 12:57 pm June 6th, 2021

Members of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) presenting the arrested at Maheshpur border area in Jhenaidah on Sunday, June 6, 2021 Dhaka Tribune

They were arrested in separate drives on Saturday night and yesterday morning, and were later handed over to Maheshpur police

Members of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have arrested five people including two women from Maheshpur border area in Jhenaidah.

They were arrested in separate drives on Saturday night and yesterday morning, and were later handed over to Maheshpur police. The BGB also filed a case against the, for illegal entry.

58 BGB Deputy Director Md Nazrul Islam Khan said that they conducted the drives on information that some people had been trying to enter Bangladesh illegally.

Of the five people, Mukti Rani Biswas, 30, of Lohagara upazila in Narail, was arrested at Baghadanga border on Saturday night.

The four others – Prince Sheikh, 21, Munna Molla, 18, and Rakib Sheikh, 16, of Kalia upazila, and Asma Begum, 40, of Noagram upazila – were arrested from Shyamkur border area yesterday morning, according to the BGB official.