India has pushed over 700 individuals—including Bangladeshi nationals, Indian citizens, and Rohingyas—into Bangladesh since May 7, with 172 more forcibly sent across the border on Sunday alone, according to officials from Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and local police.

The latest push-in incidents occurred at multiple border points:

121 people entered through two border points in Baralekha upazila, Moulvibazar

32 through Nayagram border point in Beanibazar upazila, Sylhet

19 through the Mujibnagar border, Meherpur

BGB-52 Battalion commanding officer Lieutenant Colonel Mehedi Hasan confirmed that the BSF began the push-in operations around 3:00 AM. BGB personnel from Latu, Pallatal, and Nayagram outposts detained the individuals shortly after they crossed the border and later handed them over to local police stations.

According to Mehedi Hasan, the 153 individuals who entered via the Moulvibazar and Sylhet borders included 79 from Shahbajpur, 42 from Pallatal, and 32 from Nayagram.

Baralekha police OC Abul Kashem Sarker said most detainees were from Kurigram district and surrounding areas, having worked in various Indian states for years. Beanibazar OC Ashraf-Uz Zaman and Mujibnagar OC Mizanur Rahman echoed similar reports, confirming the detainees’ backgrounds and imminent return to their families.

This trend of cross-border pushbacks began on May 7, reportedly amid heightened tensions between India and Pakistan. Since then, 603 individuals have been detained at border points across districts including Khagrachari, Sylhet, Moulvibazar, Feni, Cumilla, Lalmonirhat, Kurigram, Thakurgaon, Dinajpur, and Panchagarh.

Bangladesh shares a 4,156-kilometer border with India, of which 180 kilometers are riverine and 79 kilometers pass through the Sundarbans—making surveillance and control a logistical challenge.

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