Chapainawabganj: The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has detained two Indian cattle smugglers along with a Bangladeshi accomplice during a special operation at Manaksha border under Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj district.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the operation was initiated based on secret information received by the authorities. A patrol team from Masudpur BOP under the Chapainawabganj Battalion (53 BGB) conducted a raid in the Thuthapara area under Manaksha union on Friday night. The operation led to the arrest of Indian nationals Abdul Qadir, 30, and Delwar Hossain, 34, both residents of Par Baidyanathpur village under Baishnabpur police station in Malda district, India. They were apprehended along with Bangladeshi national Md Maruf, 17, son of Shafiqul Islam from Tarapur village in Shibganj.
The BGB sources revealed that the two Indian smugglers entered Bangladesh around 4 am on December 3 through the barbed-wire-free Fatehpur border, bringing four cows with them. These cattle were handed over to a local smuggler named Md Fazel. Due to increased BGB patrols in the area, the smugglers could not return to India and were forced to hide in the remote Padma river char on December 4. With assistance from their local associate Maruf, they later took shelter in Thuthapara, where BGB personnel apprehended them.
The detainees have been handed over to Shibganj Police Station for legal proceedings. Commenting on the operation, Lieutenant Colonel Kazi Mustafizur Rahman, Commander of the 53 BGB Battalion, stated that BGB is committed to maintaining border security and preventing illegal infiltration and smuggling activities.