Five Bangladesh nationals have been arrested here while trying to cross over to their native country, a senior Border Security Force (BSF) official said.

The Bangladeshis, all residents of Thakurgaon district of the neighbouring country, claimed that they have been eking out a living at Kulgam in Jammu and Kashmir and they arrived Kishanganj on Wednesday evening, BSF DIG Amritlal Tirkey said. Although Kishanganj railway station is barely 30 km from the international border, they chose to stay back and planned to leave on Thursday morning, he said.