Another Bangladeshi shot dead by BSF


FE Team | Published: January 29, 2024 00:10:05


Another Bangladeshi shot dead by BSF


LALMONIRHAT, Jan 28 (UNB): Another Bangladeshi youth was shot dead by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Aunghorpota border in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat early Sunday within a week of killing a Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) member by them on Jashore's Benapole border.
The deceased, Rafiul Islam Tuklu, 33, is son of Afzal Hossain of Dangarpara village under Dahagram union of the upazila.
Locals said a gang of five to six smugglers were trying to cross the border between Bangladesh and India early in the morning.
Sensing the presence of the traffickers, members of the BSF-6 Battalion opened firing, leaving him dead on the spot, they said.
Commander Amanuzzaman Aman of the BGB-51 Battalion in Rangpur said the youth was killed inside the Indian territory, 100 to 150 yards off the border.

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