KOLKATA: A man convicted of smuggling silver across the India-Bangladesh border was forced to turn to the
Border Security Force (
BSF) to rescue his teenaged daughter who was abducted by a youth from
Bangladesh
.
On Sunday, the minor girl was abducted by the youth and taken to Bangladesh. It seemed the girl knew the youth and agreed to go with him after he promised marriage. Her family from Tarali village in
North 24 Parganas
informed Arun Kumar, commanding officer of the 112Bn BSF. The CO immediately contacted his counterpart in the
Border Guard Bangladesh
(BGB).
“On Thursday, after a medical examination, the girl was handed over to her family. We knew that her father is a
smuggler
who has been convicted by a court. It was the BSF that apprehended him while smuggling silver. But that didn’t make much difference when we began searching for his daughter. This was a humanitarian act. The family has thanked the 112Bn after getting the girl back,” Singh said.