Indian nationals Shafiqul Islam Mollah, son of Eman Ali Mollah of village Kulti in Haroa police station under North 24 Parganas district West Bengal India, completed his 18 years 6 months prison term on July 10, 2006, while Yusuf Ali, son of Arshad Ali of village Sreedharkati in Hingalgonj police station in South 24 Parganas district India, completed his five years prison term on April 8 last and Mantu Mistri, son of Rathikanta Mistri and Abdul Gazi, son of Ruhul Gazi of village Kalitala in the same police station in India, completed their 10 years prison term on March 1 this year.

The jail authorities attempted several times to push them back to India after expiry of their prison term in recent times but the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) refused to take them back without showing any reason on several occasions.

In such a situation, the four were sent back to Satkhira jail.

According to the jail authorities, the four Indians were arrested for their involvement in different criminal activities including robbery and bomb blasts. They were convicted and sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment on various terms by the concerned courts.