BSF man held in Dinajpur for illegal trespassing: BGB

A Border Security Force (BSF) personnel was detained by the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) after he allegedly trespassed into the Bangladesh territory at Birol border in Dinajpur district on Tuesday.

He was detained at about 11:30am on Tuesday (September 24).

Lt Col Md Ariful Islam, Dinajpur BGB sector commander, confirmed the matter, saying that BSF personnel Upal Kumar Das was detained at Birol frontier at about 11:30am.

According to the BGB, the BSF personnel crossed the zero line of the international boundary near Pillar number 334/sub-pillar 6, entering Bangladesh without authorisation.

Although the BSF member was in uniform at the time of his detention, he was unarmed, the BGB official noted.

Authorities are currently preparing to return the detained BSF member to the Indian authorities through a flag meeting, BGB added.