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BSF hands over two bodies

6 June 2009, 18:00 PM

NATIONAL

Staff Correspondent, Sylhet

Indian BSF yesterday handed over bodies of two Bangladeshi nationals, who went missing on Wednesday, to the BDR. Shafiqul Islam, 25, and Rubel Ahmed, 20, hailing from village Lakma under Tahirpur upazila of Sunamganj district, crossed border while collecting abandoned coal, sources said, adding they failed to return as they fell into a ditch there. The BSF recovered the bodies and handed those over to BDR yesterday. The BDR then handed the bodies to their families through police.