Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested an Indian policeman with some US and Indian currencies as he intruded into Bangladesh territory through Maheshpur border of Jhenaidah district on Friday.
The arrestee is identified as PV John Silveraraj, a police member of Tamil Nadu State of India. His professional identity card was also recovered from him.
HM Salah Uddin Chowdhury, commander of the BGB-58 battalion, said they arrested the Indian policeman while he was entering Bangladesh through the Maheshpur border on Friday afternoon.
During the preliminary interrogation, the arrestee informed them that he had entered Bangladesh to go to Thailand from the country, he said.
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On-duty photo of the arrestee in the Tamil Nadu State was found on his mobile phone, he said, adding that they also recovered US $1150 dollars and 4000 Indian rupees from his possession during the arrest.
Maheshpur police station Officer-in-Charge (OC-Investigation) Ismail Hossain said a case was filed on charge of intrusion into Bangladesh.