Petrapole Immigration Police of India handed them over to Benapole Checkpost Immigration Police, reports our Benapole correspondent.
The returnees are Hasibul Sheikh, 20, Riaz Molla, 18, Siam Sheikh, 19, Akash Chandra Das, 20, Afrin Jahan, 18, Priyanti Khatun, 17, Akalima Khatun, 16, Masum Billah, 19, Sandeep Pal, 17, Sneha Bala, 19,
Taufiq Islam, 19, Anik Chowdhury, 18, Masood Sardar, 20, Saurabh Bala, 19, Rabiul Sheikh, 22, Madhu Khan, 21, Anni Akhtar, 20, Jasmine Akhtar, 18, Zakia Akhtar, 17.
They are from Patuakhali, Cumilla, Panchagarh, Khulna, Lalmonirhat, and Narail.
They were arrested while working in different houses in West Bengal. Later the police produced them before a court, which jailed them for 2 years. They went to West Bengal two and half years ago.
Some NGOs sheltered them after they served jail terms.
OC Kamruzzaman Biswas, officer-in-charge of Benapole Checkpost Immigration Police, said they were repatriated tonight through a special travel permit issued by the government of India.
They have been handed over to Benapole Port Police Station after the completion of immigration formalities.
From there, an NGO, Justice and Care, took them to their shelter home to hand them over to their families.
