A 35-year-old tea farmer, Dipankar Gope, has allegedly been abducted from West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district. The incident occurred on Saturday in a tea garden in the Kukurjan area of Rajganj block, close to the India-Bangladesh border.
According to media reports, the family alleges that around 20 Bangladeshi miscreants crossed the international border, entered the tea garden, and forcibly took Deepankar with them to the Panchagarh district of Bangladesh.
The family claims that an infiltration attempt from across the border was foiled earlier this week, and Deepankar was kidnapped as an act of retaliation.
Dipankar’s father has also appealed to bring his son back to India.
BSF held talks with Bangladesh
After the abduction, BSF personnel reached the spot and started efforts to secure Dipankar’s release. Officials also held a flag meeting with Border Guard Bangladesh, i.e., BGB.
However, Dipankar had not been released till Saturday night. Some reports claimed that he is in BGB custody.
Meanwhile, a video of Dipankar is also going viral on social media, where he is saying that he will be released only when the Bangladeshi citizen arrested by Indian authorities is released. However, the video has not been verified.
Bangladeshi media’s claim – India took action first
‘United News of Bangladesh’ citing, Bangladeshi media presented a different claim.
According to media reports, this action was taken in response to BSF jawans capturing a 78-year-old Bangladeshi elderly person.
This photo of Dipankar is going viral on social media.
