The group was rescued by the Forest Department from the Mandarbaria shoals in Shyamnagar Upazila and later handed over to the local police station by the Coast Guard. That night, they were taken to Shyamnagar Police Station, where the handover took place in the presence of Shyamnagar Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Roni Khatun. At midnight, the Upazila administration and Shyamnagar Police Station took custody of those pushed in by the BSF. The 78 people in Shyamnagar were reportedly forced across the border by the BSF in a similar incident. On May 9, they were dumped on a shoal in the Bay of Bengal by an Indian ship and speedboat.
