Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has pushed 19 people across the Chanshikari border of Bholahat of Chapainawabganj.
Members of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained them from the border in the early hours of Wednesday.
There are six women, 10 men and three children among the detainees.
Speaking on the matter, Chapainawabganj 59 BGB battalion captain Lieutenant Colonel Golam Kibria said that the BSF pushed 19 people across the border pillar 119/4.
All of them are identified as Bangladeshi citizens, according to a preliminary investigation. They went to India illegally and eventually were caught by the Indian law enforcement agencies. They also served different terms in different jails.
Lieutenant Colonel Golam Kibria further said, “Details of the detainees will be revealed later. Legal proceedings are underway over the matter.”