KATHMANDU: Three Bangladeshi nationals have been barred from entering Nepal amid the ongoing crisis in Bangladesh.
The individuals attempted to enter Nepal through the Rani border point in Biratnagar.
According to Deputy Inspector General Chandra Kuwar of the Koshi Province Police Office, Karim Mohammed Rejaulla, 49, and Jayada Begam, 63, tried to cross the border on Tuesday.
Another Bangladeshi national, Udeep Sardar, was similarly barred from entering Nepal a week ago.
“They have been sent back to India,” Kuwar added.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has tightened border security following the escalating crisis in Bangladesh.
Last week, a mass uprising forced Bangladesh’s longtime Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, to step down and flee to India.
Her ousting, triggered by student-led protests against a government job quota system, led to violent clashes between protesters and government forces, resulting in hundreds of deaths.
The movement eventually grew into a broader rebellion against the government.
Since Hasina’s resignation and flight to India on August 5, her supporters and associates have faced retaliatory attacks from mobs, with little to no resistance from authorities.
Members of the country’s Hindu minority, who have traditionally supported the Awami League—a secular party in the Muslim-majority nation—feel particularly vulnerable due to a history of violence against them during previous upheavals.
In the week following Hasina’s ousting, there have been at least 200 attacks against Hindus and other religious minorities across 52 districts, according to the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, a minority rights group tracking these incidents.
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has recently taken over as interim leader in Bangladesh.
Nepal shares an open border with India, and 26 districts of Nepal are connected to India in the east, west, and south.
(With some updates from VOA)
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