Sixteen Bangladeshi youths returned home on Sunday night from India through the Benapole check post after serving three years in an Indian prison.
Benapole Immigration OC Mohammad Kamruzzaman said the youths went to India without valid documents through human traffickers and then were detained by police while they were working at various shops and hotels in Tamil Nadu state.
Later, they were handed over to a court which sentenced them to three years of imprisonment.
At the end of the sentence, the ministries of home affairs of the two countries took the initiative to send them back to Bangladesh.
The Indian immigration police handed them over to Benapole Port Police Station and NGO ‘Justice and Care’ received them.
The returnees are Bulbul Ahmed, 18, Mohsin Sheik,17, Abul Hossain,16, Masum Billah 15, Rezaul Khan 18, Shahjalal 17, Hasan Halder 17, Nazmul Islam 17, Masud Talukder 18, Zulhas Sheikh 18, Rashed Morel 17, Rashedul Islam 18, Saiduzzaman 16, Abu Musa 15, Mizanur Rahman,17 and Mahbul Shikder 17. They hail from different areas of Satkhira, Khulna and Madaripur districts.
