Staff Reporter

Bangladeshi citizens numbering 787, who have been languishing in different prisons in the West Bengal state in India for last two and a half years due to legal complexities, are likely to return to the country as per the Foreign Ministry’s initiative that covers travel arrangement for these ill-fated nationals, official sources said yesterday.
These Bangladeshis went to India for various purposes, including visiting their relatives in the next-door neighbour crossing the sprawling border legally or otherwise.
All of them ultimately landed in prisons. [Read more]