The border police in southern Assam’s Karimganj district on Saturday deported 21 Bangladeshis who had been detained for illegally entering India.
Officials in Karimganj district said the 21, including two women, were sent back from the Sutarkandi border check post after approval from the Ministry of Home Affairs. They were handed over to Bangladesh authorities who had confirmed they were from Syllhet and Kishoreganj districts of the country.
“They were detained for violation of the Passport Act over the past few months and kept at the detention camp in Silchar Central Jail. Six of them were held in Cachar district and 11 in Karimganj,” a police officer who handled the deportation process said.
In July last year, 52 Bangladeshi nationals were deported from the Mankachar sector of the Assam-Bangladesh border. They were ‘convicted foreigners’, arrested for not possessing valid travel documents or for cross-border crimes.