Benapole, June 3 -- Members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) have removed a group of 10 to 12 people including women and children, from the zero line along the Sadipur border in Benapole on Wednesday morning.

All of them had been stranded for several days amid an alleged 'push-in' attempt into Bangladesh.

Following their removal, additional BGB personnel deployed in the area were also withdrawn and regular border patrols resumed, sources said, said Lieutenant Colonel Golam Mohammad Saiful Alam Khan, commanding officer of the Jashore-49 BGB Battalion.

Tension had prevailed between BGB and BSF along the Sadipur border since Sunday night over what Bangladeshi authorities described as an attempt to push people into Bangladesh without ...