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Updated: Oct 30, 2019 22:57 IST

Arrested seven years ago for illegally entering India, a Bangladeshi girl was repatriated to her country on Wednesday.

Bithi Akhtar (28), who is from Lohagara village of Bangladesh’s Narail district, was held from Tripura’s Kamalpur. She was taken to Government Modern Psychiatrist Hospital with complaints of chronic schizophrenia, and was given treatment there for a few years.

Bangladesh Assistant High Commission was informed of this by the Indian authorities, after which the repatriation took place.

A senior doctor of the hospital, Dr. Jyotirmoy Ghosh said, “She was suffering from chronic Schizophrenia when she was brought to our hospital on an order from Kamalpur, where she was held seven years ago. She has recovered 80 to 90 percent in all these years. She has also told us about her family back in Bangladesh. Today, she was sent back to them.”

Her family came to Akhaura International Check-Post to receive her. “ We are happy to get our daughter back and we are thankful to the Indian government,” said Safia Begum, Bithi’s mother.

This is the sixth time the Government Modern Psychiatrist Hospital has sent a Bangladeshi national back to their country after treating them for mental illness. Currently, 17 Bangladeshi nationals are under treatment in the hospital.