Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members detained the 16 people as they were pushed in through the northeastern frontier.
“We have detained them . . . interrogating to confirm their national identity,” BGB-19 Commander Lieutenant Colonel M Jubair Anwar told reporters.
Kanaighat Police Station’s officer-in-charge (OC) Abdul Alam later said eight of the 16 people were males, six were females and the rest two were infants, reports BSS .
The OC said the BGB informed police about their detention but they still remained BGB custody.