Star-crossed lovers: Indian man crosses border to marry Bangladeshi woman, both arrested on return

During questioning, the couple said they were newlyweds who met online, fell in love and decided to get married despite living on opposite sides of the border.

The Border Security Force (BSF) on Saturday arrested an Indian national and a Bangladeshi woman in West Bengal’s Nadia district for illegally crossing the international border. During questioning, they said they were newlyweds who met online, fell in love and decided to get married despite living on opposite sides of the border. The arrested man has been identified as Jaikanto Chandra Rai (24), a resident of Ballavpur village in Nadia district, while the woman is 18-year-old Parineeti (fictitious name) of Nerail, Bangladesh.