Indian Boy In Bangladesh Jail

Five-year-old Ariful, who through a terrible twist of fate ended up in a Bangladesh jail and spent a whole year there, finally walked free today. The boy, along with his grandparents who were also imprisoned, reached the Gede checkpost on the Indian side a little before noon.

There is good news for the family of five-year-old Ariful Sheikh. The Indian boy from West Bengal's Murshidabad district, who has been languishing in a jail in Bangladesh for a whole year, will now walk free and return home on April 29.

In a small hut in a village in Murshidabad, Kajol Rekha Bibi stares at the only photo she has of her five-year-old-son, Ariful Sheikh. Kajol Rekha has not seen Ariful in a whole year. He accompanied her parents when they crossed the border into Bangladesh to visit some relatives.

Ariful, a five-year-old boy from West Bengal, has spent nearly a year at Kushtia Jail in Bangladesh. He was arrested along with his grandparents by Bangladesh security forces while they were crossing the Indo-Bangladesh border.

Five-year-old Ariful, who through a terrible twist of fate ended up in a Bangladesh jail and spent a whole year there, finally walked free today. The boy, along with his grandparents who were also imprisoned, reached the Gede checkpost on the Indian side a little before noon.

There is good news for the family of five-year-old Ariful Sheikh. The Indian boy from West Bengal's Murshidabad district, who has been languishing in a jail in Bangladesh for a whole year, will now walk free and return home on April 29.

In a small hut in a village in Murshidabad, Kajol Rekha Bibi stares at the only photo she has of her five-year-old-son, Ariful Sheikh. Kajol Rekha has not seen Ariful in a whole year. He accompanied her parents when they crossed the border into Bangladesh to visit some relatives.

Ariful, a five-year-old boy from West Bengal, has spent nearly a year at Kushtia Jail in Bangladesh. He was arrested along with his grandparents by Bangladesh security forces while they were crossing the Indo-Bangladesh border.