A panchayat member of the Gangulai village in North 24 Parganas informed the Company Commander of the Border Outpost in Mustafapur about the death of Abdul Khalid Mandal, a resident of the village in India. His sister, who lives in the border village of Sardar Baripota in Bangladesh, expressed her desire to bid farewell to her brother.

The reunion took place on Thursday, January 2, near the Zero Line at Border Outpost Mustafapur in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district.

Amid the heightened tension along the International Border due to the ongoing situation in the neighbouring country, the Border Security Force arranged for a woman from Bangladesh to catch a last glimpse of her brother,

A court in southeastern Bangladesh has rejected a plea for bail by a jailed Hindu leader who led large rallies in the Muslim-majority country demanding better security for minority groups