Dhaka, June 20 -- The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has turned back 20 people at the Chapainawabganj border after India's Border Security Force (BSF) reportedly tried to push them across late at night.

The attempt was made through the Chouka border in Shibganj Upazila on Friday, Mahananda Battalion 59 BGB Commanding Officer Lt Col Md Tajul Islam Chowdhury said on Saturday morning.

The group comprised 11 men, five women and four children. A BGB patrol spotted the attempt and blocked their entry into Bangladesh, the border troopers said.

Faced with resistance, the 20 remained in the no-man's land on the Indian side of the border before the BSF took them back across the wire around noon, local Union Parishad member Badshah Ali said.

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