Five trafficked boys return from India

Five trafficked boys, who returned from India through Hili land port immigration post in Hakimpur upazila under the district yesterday, were handed over to their parents.

The boys, aged between 7 to 11 years, had been staying at Suvayan Observation Home in Balurghat of Dakkhin Dinajpur under West Bengal in India for two and a half years.

The returnees are Mobarak Hossain, of Bazitpur village of Kishorganj, Akash Rahman of Pallabi of Dhaka, Hossain Ali of Nageshwar of Kurigram, Jiten Adhikari of Domar upazila of Nilphamari and Shanta Hossain of Pirganj upazila of Kurigram.

At around 12:30pm Indian Border Security Force and the authorities of the observation home handed over the five children to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) through Hili immigration.

Later BGB handed them to Rafiquzzaman Rafique, in charge of Hili immigration.

"Indian police caught them two and a half years ago and sent them to the observation home through a court. All the children have been handed over to their parents," said the immigration officer.

"It's really joyous for us to meet parents after a long time," said Jiten, who was picked up by criminals and taken to India.

"The police there rescued me," remembers Jiten.