Dhaka Journal : After keeping three months and 18 days in jail, India returned 57 Bangladeshi fishermen and handed over two boats.
Hemnagar Thana police of India handed over them to Shyamnagar Thana of Bangladesh at zero point near to Koikhali Kalinchi river in Satkhira around 11:30am Monday.
Shyamnagar Thana sub-inspector (SI) Aminur told banglanews that the fishermen were hailed from Cox’s Bazar and Noakhali districts.
Hemnagar Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Rakesh Chaterjee, Sundarbans Costal Thana OC Abu Hasan, BSF-3 battalion AC Girishchandra, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)-34 operation officer major Mamun and Shyamnagar Thana SI Murad were present at the handover ceremony.
Of them, Abdul Amin told banglanews that they entered Indian part of river Raypur near Mongla Port mistakenly for poor visibility due to thick fog three months and 18 days ago.
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) detained them following the intrusion.
Dhaka Journal, March 01, 2016.
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