The authorities in Bangladesh have arrested an Assam woman who had crossed over illegally to marry a Bangladeshi man.
Manju Begum of Tarapathar village in Goroimari area of central Assam’s Kamrup district had developed a relationship with 27-year-old Abdus Sattar from a village in Sunamganj, Bangladesh.
Mr. Sattar too had entered India illegally to escape being arrested by the Bangladesh police in a criminal case. He spent five years in the Goroimari area, slipping back into his country a few months ago only to leave for Bahrain for a job.
Goroimari locals said Ms. Manju’s parents disapproved of her relationship with Mr. Sattar that continued via social media. She decided to go to Bangladesh when her parents arranged her marriage with a local man.
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