BSF in Tripura facilitates return of 17 Indian workers from B’desh

Agartala: BSF in Tripura on Thursday facilitated the return of 17 Indian workers from strife-torn Bangladesh.
A BSF release said the 17 persons, all employees of AFCONS Infrastructure Pvt Ltd, were engaged in the construction of a four-lane 52km road from Akhaura (Tripura) to Kishoreganj (Bangladesh).
“On Wednesday night, the IG of BSF Tripura Frontier received a call from the Indian workers seeking help,” the release said, adding that they were stranded in their camp at Ramrail in the neighbouring country.The workers were en route to ICP Akhaura from Dhaka when the request was made to BSF for facilitating their safe movement back home.
BSF contacted the nodal officer of Border Guard Bangladesh and both acted in tandem to evacuate the workers. BGB ensured their safe movement up to the ICP and customs and immigration clearance late in the night before handing them over to BSF at ICP Agartala