Dhaka, Oct. 16 -- India's Border Security Force (BSF) has handed back two Bangladeshi policemen detained after they strayed across the border in Cumilla.

The handover followed a battalion commander-level flag meeting between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and the BSF at the Shashidal border in Brahmanpara Upazila on Friday afternoon, the BGB said in a statement.

The meeting between BGB's Sultanpur Battalion (60 BGB) and the BSF's 49 Battalion began near border pillar No. 2059 at 1:35pm.

The Indian side handed the two policemen over to the BGB, which transferred them to Bangladesh Police at 1:42pm.

Debidwar-Brahmanpara Circle Assistant Superintendent of Police Md Shahin, who attended the meeting, confirmed the return of the two police p...