Dhaka, June 17 -- "I've made a big mistake in my life, which I'll not repeat if alive. Save me. If we're wrong, punish us - but still save us."

The desperate pleas came from a man who identified himself as Belal Hossain on Tuesday afternoon.

He has been stranded on the zero line along the Goytapara border in Kurigram's Rowmari Upazila after what Bangladeshi officials described as a failed attempt by India's Border Security Force, or BSF, to push him and others into Bangladesh.

Speaking to reporters, Belal said he had spent three days under the open sky with his wife and two children in what he described as "inhumane conditions".

"We are suffering terribly with our small children. There is no water and no toilet," he said.

He said bot...