33 students-tourists stranded in Assam due to lockdown return to Bangladesh
Guwahati/IBNS: As many as 33 people from Bangladesh who stranded in Assam and other parts of North Eastern region due to the COVID-19 lockdown, have finally gone back to Bangladesh.
The Bangladeshi nationals who got stuck in the North-Eastern region of India in the past three months went back to Bangladesh through the Sutarkandi International Border point in Assam’s Karimganj district on Thursday.
According to the reports, out of 33 people, 22 are students studied at NIT in Silchar and 11 tourists and pilgrims.
A top official of Karimganj district administration said that the district health officials had conducted proper screening and other examinations of the Bangladeshi nationals and later they were handed over to the Border Security Force (BSF) personnel.
Babita Bhattacharya, a Bangladeshi student, said that she was staying at NIT, Silchar guest house during the COVID-19 lockdown period and she is now happy as she is going to meet her parent after six months.
Earlier, 124 Indians who stuck in Bangladesh due to lockdown returned back to India through the Sutarkandi International Border point on May 28. 80 other Bangladeshi nationals also went back to their country earlier.
(By Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)
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