Benapole, Oct. 22 -- Six Bangladeshi youths who were trafficked to India returned home on Thursday after serving three years in prison for illegal entry.

The returnees were identified as Jahangir Alam, 21, Abdul Karim, 25, Mohammad Ali, 26, Sabbir Islam, 26, Hafizur, 26, and Abdul Sabur, 40. They are from Gazipur, Bogura, Sunamganj and Cox's Bazar districts.

They were handed over to Benapole Immigration Police by Indian immigration authorities at the Petrapole border through a special travel permit in the afternoon.

Benapole Immigration Police Officer-in-Charge Saifur Rahman said the six youths had travelled illegally to Jammu and Kashmir in India about four years ago through the Satkhira and Sylhet borders after falling into the hands...