Shillong, Sept 26: The Border Security Force (BSF) on Saturday handed over a 13-year-old Bangladeshi minor boy to the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) as a goodwill gesture during a flag meeting.
The minor boy was apprehended along with a Bangladeshi woman on Friday while illegally crossing the Indo-Bangladesh border through the unfenced area for petty smuggling from Bangladesh to India.
The woman identified as Begum (35) of Shantinagar village was handed over to police station Baghmara for further legal action. The boy was identified as Tangir of Naljuri village.
Both are from Sylhet district of Bangladesh.
Begum revealed that she brought the minor boy with her as labour for carrying items meant for smuggling into India.
Inderjit Singh Rana, Inspector General, BSF, Meghalaya Frontier, in his statement said BSF always adopts a humanitarian approach in such cases where victims are minors. Both the border guarding forces have developed an understanding on such subjects and these issues are amicably resolved to strengthen the existing relationship and to enhance mutual trust between both the neighboring countries.
