Thirteen Bangladeshi nationals have been detained by India's Border Security Force (BSF) near the Tamabil Sonatila border in Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet.
Lt Col Md Hafizur Rahman, Commander of BGB Battalion 48, confirmed this on Wednesday morning.
The detainees were accused of illegal entry and smuggling before being handed over to Dawki Police Station, he said.
The detainees were identified as Saju Ahmed, 20, son of Fakhrul Islam of Jaintapur village in the upazila; Sajib,19, son of Mostafa Mia; Ruhul, 20, son of Bilal Hossain; Arif,19, son of Ilal of the same village; Mobarak,19, son of Jamal of Guchhagram; Roni, 19, son of Abdullah, and Sohag, 19, son of Bashir of the same village; Fakhrul Islam, 19, son of Ibrahim Ali of Dultipur village; Rubel, 25, son of Jamrul of Sreepur village; Shamim, 21, son of Ayub Ali, and Habib Ahmed, 22, son of Siddique Ali of the same village; Ibrahim, 19, son of Mohammad Ali of Shantinagar village; and Nayan, 19, son of Matin of Tamabil village.
Nine of them are residents of Jaintapur, while four are from Gowainghat, according to sources.
