Benapole: Indian Border Security Force (BSF) handed over 29 Bangladeshis, including four children and eight women, to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) through Benapole Check post on Saturday night, reports local news agency.

Subedar Abdul Hamid of 26 BGB Battalion of Benapole camp said members of BSF arrested the 29 from Bongaon in India on Saturday on charge of intruding into the Indian Territory.

BSF handed them over to BGB at about 8:30pm, he added.

The returnees include four children, eight women and 17 men.

Later, BGB handed them over to Benapole Port Police Station.

A case was filed against them with the police station, said Sub-inspector Ashraf Hossain.