Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained eleven Bangladeshi nationals, including women and children, while they were attempting to cross into India illegally through the Baghdanga border in Maheshpur upazila of Jhenaidah district. The arrests took place on Wednesday night, May 20, 2026, according to a press release issued by BGB later that evening.

The statement said that a patrol team from Baghdanga Border Outpost under the 58th Battalion of BGB conducted the operation around 8:30 p.m. Among those detained were five women, two men, and four children, all residents of different districts in Bangladesh. In a separate anti-narcotics operation in the Nimtala and Madhabkhali border areas, BGB recovered 81 bottles of Indian-made cough syrup without any suspects.

BGB confirmed that the detained individuals were later handed over to Maheshpur Police Station for further legal action.