Dhaka, May 13 -- Twenty Bangladeshi children and teenagers trafficked to India have returned home through the Benapole border after serving jail terms there.

The Indian Petrapole Immigration Police handed them over to the Benapole International Checkpost authorities on Wednesday evening, confirmed Syed Mortaza Ali, inspector (investigation) of Benapole Checkpost Immigration Police.

The returnees are residents of different areas in Bagerhat, Khulna, Narail and Jashore districts.

Among them are 13 girls and seven boys.

Most of the children had been staying in jail with their parents.

Although their prison terms ended, their parents remain imprisoned in different Indian jails.

Immigration police said the children had illegally entered ...