Discussion underway on returning police personnel detained by BSF

Discussion is going on over returning two Bangladeshi police personnel detained by Indian border security force (BSF) from Brahmanpara border area of Cumilla.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) said it on Friday (16 October) at a press briefing at its Headquarters in Pilkhana, Dhaka.

BGB Headquarters Director (Operation) Lieutenant Colonel Md. Mahbub Murshed said the detained police personnel have stayed unharmed and safe.

Process of returning them are underway, the BGB official said.

Earlier on Thursday (15 October) night, two members of Bangladesh Police were detained by BSF near the Bangladesh-India border in Brahmanpara upazila of Cumilla while conducting an anti-narcotics operation, police said.

The incident took place around 11:30pm on Thursday in the Ashabari area of Shashidal union, near border pillar No. 2059.

According to Brahmanpara Police Station, the detainees are Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Imran Hossain and Constable Rohit Dewan, both posted to the police station.

They went to the border area to conduct an anti-narcotics drive when a suspected drug trader tried to flee after spotting the police.

Rohit chased the suspect but was caught by several Indian nationals near the border. When Imran went to bring his colleague back, he was also detained.

Md Faruk Hossain, officer-in-charge of Brahmanpara Police Station, said senior officials of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and the BSF were in contact over the incident.

He expressed hope that the BSF will hand over the two cops by this noon.