India News | 18 Bangladeshis Held Near Border in West Bengal's Nadia

Kolkata, Aug 5 (PTI) Eighteen Bangladeshi nationals were apprehended at the international border in West Bengal's Nadia district on Wednesday, the Border Security Force (BSF) said.

Two women, a man and a child were held at the Jhorpara border outpost area in the morning when they were trying to enter India with the help of touts, it said.

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Acting on inputs, BSF personnel also apprehended nine men and women, and five children from the Kumari outpost area when they were trying to sneak out through the India- Bangladesh border, it added.

We have handed over all the apprehended persons along with their belongings to police for further investigation, a BSF official said.

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