Archive · 5 Nov 2025
Father Abandons Son, 10, at India-Bangladesh Border After Fight with Wife
A man and his wife had a big argument, and the wife left their 10-year-old son with his grandparents.
The father then took the boy on his motorbike to the border between India and Bangladesh.
He told the boy to get off the bike and then rode away, leaving him alone.
The scared boy started crying, and kind people nearby heard him.
They helped the boy, gave him food, and called the police.
The police took the boy to the station and contacted his parents.
They brought the boy home and told the parents that what they did was not okay.
A father abandoned his 10-year-old son at the India-Bangladesh border on Tuesday night.
The incident occurred in the Basirhat area of North 24 Parganas district.
The father, Pintu Ghosh, allegedly abandoned the child after a dispute with his wife, Madhavi Ghosh.
Local residents found the distressed boy crying and alerted the police.
Police have reunited the child with his parents and are counseling them for their behavior.
- Who
- Pintu Ghosh (father) abandoned his 10-year-old son.
- What
- A father abandoned his son at the India-Bangladesh border after a dispute with his wife.
- When
- Tuesday night
- Where
- Basirhat border, North 24 Parganas district, India-Bangladesh border
- Why
- Following a fight with his wife, the father attempted to leave their son at the border, but the mother did not want to keep the child.
- Location
- Basirhat border, North 24 Parganas district, India-Bangladesh border
- Date of Incident
- Tuesday night
- Child's Age
- 10 years old
- Child's Home
- Kathpol area, Ashoknagar police station, North 24 Parganas district
- Father's Name
- Pintu Ghosh
- Mother's Name
- Madhavi Ghosh