Sixty-one Bangladeshis, who were in Sri Lankan detention camps for four months after being picked up by that country’s navy in February, returned to Dhaka today.
The Bangladeshis were detained in a two-day operation that began on February 2, along with 77 Rohingyas from near Oluvial fishing harbour in the Eastern Province, after the boat carrying them broke down. They were trying to go from Teknaf to Malaysia and other destinations.
The Bangladeshis were detained at Bossa and Mirihana. Bangladesh High Commission in Colombo got down two of its officials to verify their identity. “We found out that of those detained, 61 were Bangladeshis,” the Bangladesh foreign secretary was quoted as saying.