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Indian ‘abducted by locals’ at Bangladesh border brought back to Assam

Ranjit Das had gone missing after he went to collect grass from land along the border area.

Indian ‘abducted by locals’ at Bangladesh border brought back to AssamCachar SSP Sanjib Kumar Saikia told The Indian Express that Das was handed over to Indian authorities by the Bangladesh Border Guard at around 10 pm on Tuesday.
Written by: Sukrita Baruah
2 min readGuwahatiJun 17, 2026 12:04 AM IST First published on: Jun 17, 2026 at 12:04 AM IST

A resident of a border village in Assam’s Cachar district was handed over by Bangladesh authorities on Tuesday night after he had allegedly been abducted along the international border by a group of Bangladeshi nationals earlier in the day.

The man, who has been identified as Ranjit Das, a resident of a village in Cachar’s Katigorah had been missing after he had gone to collect grass from land along the border area on Tuesday morning and locals alleged that he had been abducted by a group from across the border, leading to tensions in the area.

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Confirming this on Tuesday night, Cachar SSP Sanjib Kumar Saikia told The Indian Express that Das was handed over to Indian authorities by the Bangladesh Border Guard at around 10 pm on Tuesday.

Sukrita Baruah is a Principal Correspondent for The Indian Expres... Read More

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