Eleven Bangladeshi citizens, staying in an old age home at Ramavarmapuram near here, have been observing a fast over the past two days demanding government help to go back to their country.

The Vadanappilly police had arrested them in 2011 for illegal stay in the country without valid documents.

They had been working in the construction sector in Vadanappilly area.

Though they were arrested as suspected extremists, the subsequent investigation found them to be innocent. They had reached Kerala in a ship in search of a job. They were shifted from Viyyur jail to the old age home.

They have not been able to go back to their country as they do not possess valid documents.