BGB rescues family of five on Khagrachhari border after ‘India push-in’Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have rescued a family of five individuals near the Ramgarh border in Khagrachhari, who were allegedly forced into Bangladesh across the Feni River by India’s Border Security Force (BSF). Members of the Mahamuni Border Outpost under Ramgarh BGB Battalion-43 detained them on charges of illegal entry after they were pulled out of the river around 6am on Thursday. Ramgarh Upazila’s acting Executive Officer, Ismat Jahan Tuhin, said BSF reportedly forced them across the border into Bangladesh near the Ramgarh-Sabroom border around midnight on Wednesday. Ismat said the family was being held at Ramgarh High School under BGB and police supervision on humanitarian grounds. This incident comes shortly after another reported push-in incident by the BSF on May 6, when 81 people were forced across the border into Bangladesh through the Matiranga and Panchhari borders in Khagrachhari.
