With the latest incidents, the total number of people — both Rohingyas and Indian nationals — forced across the border since May 7 has risen to at least 2,219. Among them are at least 212 Rohingyas, including 50 registered with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in India.
The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) pushed 28 people, including 12 Rohingyas, into Bangladesh through separate border points in Moulvibazar and Naogaon on Thursday and Friday, according to New Age Bangladesh.
With the latest incidents, the total number of people — both Rohingyas and Indian nationals — forced across the border since May 7 has risen to at least 2,219. Among them are at least 212 Rohingyas, including 50 registered with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in India.
In a separate development, the BSF on Friday handed over four members of a family from Chandpur district to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) during a flag meeting at Mujibnagar in Meherpur, following their detention in India.
Incidents in Sylhet and Naogaon
In Moulvibazar’s Baralekha upazila, 12 Rohingyas — three men, four women, and five children — were pushed across the Batamoral Panpunji border on Thursday morning. A BGB patrol team detained them immediately. BGB 52 Battalion Commander Lieutenant Colonel Mohammad Ariful Haque Chowdhury confirmed they were registered with UNHCR in Bangladesh and were later handed over to police. Baralekha police confirmed the group would be transferred to Ukhiya Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar.
Meanwhile, in Naogaon’s Patnitala upazila, 16 people — including four women and five children — were forced into Bangladesh early Friday near Shitalmath border outpost. BGB members detained them from a field in Ghurki village and later handed them over to police for verification. Patnitala police station officer-in-charge Sheikh Enayetur Rahman said their identities are being verified and they will be reunited with their families through the upazila administration.
