A Bangladeshi youth has been brought back from Indian safe custody after around one and half years of detention there.Local unit of Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) had taken the initiative of bringing back the youth identified as Masum Ali, 15, son of Rafiqul Islam of Char Mazar Diar village under Paba Upazila in the district.Quoting official records Advocate Abdus Samad, coordinator of BLAST, told BSS here today that Indian Border Security Force (BSF) had dragged Masum Ali from the Mazar Diar frontier to their camp in Munsipara on July 29, 2012.Afterwards, they handed over him to Raninagar Police Station in Murshidabad district of West Bangal and the police then sent him to the concerned court that passed an order of keeping him in Ananda Ashram in Berhampur.After receiving a request from Rafiqul Islam, father of Masum, on
October 1, 2012, the BLAST made contacts with different human rights organizations in India and finally become succeeded through facing the legal barriers for one and half years.Mohadipur Immigration Authority of Malda district handed Masud over to Sonamasjid immigration authority in Chapainawabgonj on March 12 last, Advocate Abdus Samad added. -BSS, Rajshahi
