The situation in Bangladesh has become very bad, with many protests happening for weeks. Because of this, Indian students studying there have come back home using any way they could find. On Friday, more than 300 students crossed the border into northeast India. Over 100 people have died as students in Bangladesh fought with security forces and people who support the government. The protests started because of a new rule about government job reservations.

The protests got much worse on Monday when violence started at Dhaka University. Six people died the next day, and the government decided to close universities across the country.

Many of the students who returned were studying to be doctors. Most of them came from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Meghalaya, and Jammu and Kashmir. They used two main routes to return: one near Agartala in Tripura and the other near Dawki in Meghalaya.

The students said they waited as long as they could but decided to leave Bangladesh after the internet was shut down on Thursday and phone services were cut off. This made it hard for them to contact their families.

Many students returned home by taking a six-hour taxi ride with a security escort. In Meghalaya, officials said over 200 Indians crossed the border because of the protests. Some students from Bhutan and Nepal also came into India.

An official said 67 students from Meghalaya and seven from Bhutan crossed the border. The state government is working with the Bangladesh High Commission to help Indians return safely.

The protests began last month after a high court brought back a rule that reserves 30% of government jobs for the families of freedom fighters and veterans from Bangladesh's 1971 War of Independence. So far, at least 104 people have died and over 2,500 have been injured in the clashes.