According to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report, 1,118 persons, including 622 males, 358 women and 138 children, were apprehended by the Border Security Force (BSF) while crossing over to India from Bangladesh in 2018, reports The Telegraph on January 21. In 2017, 871 Bangladeshi nationals, including 603 men, 224 women and 44 children were arrested. At the same time, the report highlights the steep rise in the “outward” movement from India to Bangladesh during the time period. While 821 Bangladeshi nationals were apprehended by the BSF while illegally crossing over to Bangladesh from India in 2017, 2,971 Bangladeshi nationals were arrested while leaving India in 2018. BSF guards the international border in West Bengal, Assam, Tripura and Mizoram. The director-general of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), Major General Md Shafeenul Islam, had said earlier this month that 445 Bangladeshi nationals had left India in the previous two months.