, June 11 -- An elderly man who was left stranded at no man's land along the Bangladesh-India border in Jamalpur's Bakshiganj upazila has been identified as a Bangladeshi citizen and rescued, police and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) said on Thursday.

The man has been identified as Sosti Chandra Bormon, 68, son of Babu Chandra Bormon of Chandlai village under Godagari upazila in Rajshahi district.

The elderly man was rescued early Thursday by BGB personnel after he remained stranded for around 24 hours in the no-man's land near international pillar No. 1082 in Ramrampur area under Kamalpur border outpost, said Officer-in-Charge of Bakshiganj Police Station Md Mokbul Hossain.

He said the man's national identity card has been verified, he...