<i>Two Indian siblings touch motherland after 10 years</i>
Ten years after losing their way into Bangladesh, two Indian siblings were sent back to their homeland yesterday.
They are Mohammad Kamaluddin, 16, and Mohammad Ainuddin, 15, sons of Moinuddin Gazi of Dhannokura village under Bashirhat Police Station at South 24 Porgona district in India.
They were handed over to Indian Border Security Force through the Benapole check post yesterday afternoon.
In 2002, the two boys were left behind in the Indian Petrapole border area by a male acquaintance.
Later, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) found them in the Bangladesh territory and handed them over to Benapole Port Police Station.
In 2007, Kishor Unnayan Kendra, under social welfare ministry, at Pulerhat in Jessore was given the custody of the two boys.
The Indian High Commission in Dhaka recognised Kamaluddin and Ainuddin as Indian citizens on May 27.
Rights Jessore, a human rights organisation and All Bengal Women's Union, an Indian voluntary organisation helped their repatriation process.
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