BSF Hands Over 31 Rohingyas to Tripura Police Ending Standoff With Bangladesh.

The Rohingya Muslims were stuck in no-man's land, beyond the barbed wire fence along the Indo-Bangladesh border in Tripura since last Friday.

PTI Updated: January 22, 2019, 4:03 PM IST

Rohingya refugees are seen in a refugee camp (Representational image: Reuters)

New Delhi: The Border Security Force on Tuesday handed over the 31 Rohingya Muslims, who were stranded on the India-Bangladesh border for three days, to the Tripura police, ending a standoff with its counterpart, the BGB, on the issue, officials said.

They said the border guarding force signed papers and handed over the 31 Rohingyas to the staff of the Amtoli police station in West Tripura district police at 11 am.

Rohingyas waiting to make border crossings to Bangladesh from India.

31 Rohingyas waiting to make border crossings to Bangladesh from India

Brahmanbaria Correspondent, bdnews24.com
Published: 19 Jan 2019

More Rohingyas are waiting to enter Bangladesh through Brahmanbaria’s Kasba border from India amid fears of deportation to Myanmar.

“As many as 31 Rohingya women, men and children have gathered on the border,” Major Md Shafiq of the Border Guards Bangladesh told reporters.

The BGB officer said a decision would be taken after a flag meeting with India’s border guards.