BGB detains 24 in Sherpur for attempting ‘illegal’ border crossing into India

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has detained 24 people, allegedly attempting to illegally enter India through the Jhenaigati border in Sherpur. They were detained around 9:30pm on Monday under the Haldigram Border Outpost, said Lieutenant Colonel Mehedi Hasan, captain of BGB Battalion-39 in Mymensingh. Those detained have been identified as Mojibur Rahman, 25, Shahriar Emon, 21, Wahid, 38, Md Kurban Ali, 45, Md Mithun Ali, 27, Joynul Hossain, 30, Ibrahim, 33, Akhtarul, 29, Md Mahabur, 47, Md Shakil, 29, Md Tarif, 27, Md Mamun, 40, Asmaul, 18, Yakub Ali, 30, Taufik Omar, 23, Md Akbar, 29, Biplob Hossain, 19 and Ratan Ali, 38. Four autorickshaw drivers: Md Jahangir Alam, 40, Md Faruk, 40, Emon, 20, and Sulaiman, 40, were also...