24 victims of human trafficking return home

Twenty-four Bangladeshi nationals, who were victims of human trafficking, returned home from India.

Among them, 13 are male and 11 are female.

Indian authorities handed them over to Bangladesh immigration authorities through Benapole- Petrapole check post on Wednesday (November 20) afternoon.

Benapole Immigration Police officer-in-charge Imtiaz Ahsanul Kader Bhuiya said that the 24 people, from different parts of Narail, Chattogram, Thakurgaon, Cumilla, Gopalganj, Tangail, Cox’s Bazar and Patuakhali districts, went to India without valid documents in search of jobs with the help of local brokers two years back.

Kolkata police arrested them and a court sentenced them to two years imprisonment each for trespassing into the country.

After the end of the jail term, Indian police handed them over to Benapole check post immigration police in the afternoon.

Benapole police later handed them over to a representative of a human rights organisation in Jashore to send them back to their respective families.