http://www.newagebd.com/2008/jun/12/nat.html#2
New Age, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Thursday, June 12, 2008
56 Bangladeshis return after serving 2 years in Indian jail
United News of Bangladesh . Benapole
Fifty-six Bangladeshi nationals, who went to India in search of good
jobs, returned home Tuesday after serving two years imprisonment in
Indian jail.
The Border Security Force of India handed over them to the
Bangladesh Rifles and immigration police through Benapole border in
the evening. Of the returnees, 54 were from Satkhira and one each from
Sylhet and Dinajpur districts.
The police said the Bangladeshis went to India through brokers two
years back in search of lucrative job there. Later, they were detained
by the Indian police and sent to Domdom jail.
The Bangladesh Women Lawyers Association undertook measures for
their release.
Following the handover, two officials of the association formally
received the Bangladeshis from the port thana.
Fifty-three other Bangladeshis, who went to India for job, returned
home Monday, raising the total number of returnees to 109 in last two
days.