The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) allegedly pushed nine more individuals—including women and children—illegally into Bangladesh through two separate border points in Panchagarh on Thursday night.

BSF, however, repatriated a young Bangladeshi woman detained in Siliguri via the Banglabandha land port in Tetulia upazila in the district.

Confirming the matter, BGB-18 Battalion Commander Lieutenant Colonel Monirul Islam said on Friday that BSF pushed four individuals—a woman named Asma and her three children—through sub-pillar 4 of main border pillar 732. A BGB patrol team intercepted them approximately two kilometers inside Bangladesh.

During initial questioning, Asma, hailing from Jashore district, revealed that she and her children had been living illegally in Mumbai for the past 7–8 months. Her husband, Selim Moral, is reportedly an Indian citizen. The Mumbai police detained them and sent them to Siliguri, from where the BSF forced them across the border.

Later that night, five more women were pushed into Bangladesh through the Ghagra border in Haribhasa Union of Panchagarh Sadar upazila. The illegal entry occurred near main pillar 756 under the jurisdiction of the Ghagra Border Outpost (BOP), managed by the 56 BGB Battalion in Nilphamari.

The BSF handed over Poppy Roy, a resident of Birganj upazila in Dinajpur, to the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) following a company commander-level meeting at the Banglabandha border.

Poppy had been living in Siliguri with her husband for the past year and was employed at a local temple, he said.

She was recently detained by Siliguri police and later transferred to BSF custody for repatriation after her identity was verified.

The women were found roughly two kilometers inside Bangladesh, near Dhangipukuri Bazar, and were initially taken into custody by the Haribhasa Union Parishad Chairman. Rather than handing them over to BGB, the chairman transferred them to Panchagarh Sadar Police Station.

Notably, in the past three months alone, BSF has reportedly pushed 157 Bangladeshi nationals—including men, women, and children—into Bangladesh through various border points in Panchagarh in ten separate incidents.