<p>Shillong: Six Bangladeshis, some of whom worked in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/mumbai">Mumbai </a>as masons earlier, have been apprehended by the BSF personnel in Meghalaya, officials said on Sunday.</p>.<p>The incident happened on Saturday after they crossed over from Bangladesh to Meghalaya once more to go to Mumbai again in search of employment.</p>.Reports of attacks on minorities in Bangladesh 'exaggerated', says BGB chief amid joint briefing with BSF.<p>Acting on a tip-off, the BSF personnel apprehended the six Bangladeshi nationals, four from the West Jaintia Hills district and two from the South Garo Hills district, in well-coordinated operations, they said.</p>.<p>Among those apprehended by the BSF also included a woman who had planned a visit to Mumbai for the medical treatment of her husband, a BSF spokesperson said.</p>.<p>All the six were handed over to the respective district police authorities where they were arrested, a senior police officer said.</p>.<p>Meghalaya has a 443 km-long international border with Bangladesh, about 20 per cent of which is left unfenced due to difficult terrain, land acquisition and other issues.</p>.<p>A group of unidentified miscreants suspected to be Bangladesh Nationals ransacked several houses near the international border in Umkiang village in East Jaintia Hills district, police said.</p>.<p>The incident took place in the early hours of Saturday.</p>.<p>Police said an FIR was lodged by the village headman in this regard. The miscreants took away several belongings of the villagers, the headman told police.</p>.<p>An investigation has been initiated into the incident, the police added. </p>
<p>Shillong: Six Bangladeshis, some of whom worked in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/mumbai">Mumbai </a>as masons earlier, have been apprehended by the BSF personnel in Meghalaya, officials said on Sunday.</p>.<p>The incident happened on Saturday after they crossed over from Bangladesh to Meghalaya once more to go to Mumbai again in search of employment.</p>.Reports of attacks on minorities in Bangladesh 'exaggerated', says BGB chief amid joint briefing with BSF.<p>Acting on a tip-off, the BSF personnel apprehended the six Bangladeshi nationals, four from the West Jaintia Hills district and two from the South Garo Hills district, in well-coordinated operations, they said.</p>.<p>Among those apprehended by the BSF also included a woman who had planned a visit to Mumbai for the medical treatment of her husband, a BSF spokesperson said.</p>.<p>All the six were handed over to the respective district police authorities where they were arrested, a senior police officer said.</p>.<p>Meghalaya has a 443 km-long international border with Bangladesh, about 20 per cent of which is left unfenced due to difficult terrain, land acquisition and other issues.</p>.<p>A group of unidentified miscreants suspected to be Bangladesh Nationals ransacked several houses near the international border in Umkiang village in East Jaintia Hills district, police said.</p>.<p>The incident took place in the early hours of Saturday.</p>.<p>Police said an FIR was lodged by the village headman in this regard. The miscreants took away several belongings of the villagers, the headman told police.</p>.<p>An investigation has been initiated into the incident, the police added. </p>