Arrested Indian citizen gives different account of BSF claims on border clash
Sunday, 20 July 2008
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, July 19 (UNB): The Indian citizen, who was arrested early Friday after a border skirmish between Indian and Bangladeshi guards, said the Indian side had opened fire first.
Members of the Bangladesh Rifles arrested the man, Tajemul Haque, after the firefight that left two Bangladeshi guards dead.
Tajemul's statement came as a stark contradiction to what the Indian Border Security Force said about the incident. The BSF officials said that its members had just retaliated after the BDR soldiers opened fire at them.
The BSF made the statement at a flag meeting with the BDR at Masudpur area Friday. The Indian force denied outright that its members first opened fire at their Bangladesh counterparts in the meeting.
The violence occurred at Raghunathpur area along the Bangladesh-India border after the BSF members entered Bangladesh's waters in the dark.
The BDR in the district Saturday brought Tajemul before journalists when he narrated the incident. Tajemul said he is a resident of Chalakpara village at Baishnab Nagar thana under Murshidabad district.
Members of the Bangladesh Rifles arrested the man, Tajemul Haque, after the firefight that left two Bangladeshi guards dead.
Tajemul's statement came as a stark contradiction to what the Indian Border Security Force said about the incident. The BSF officials said that its members had just retaliated after the BDR soldiers opened fire at them.
The BSF made the statement at a flag meeting with the BDR at Masudpur area Friday. The Indian force denied outright that its members first opened fire at their Bangladesh counterparts in the meeting.
The violence occurred at Raghunathpur area along the Bangladesh-India border after the BSF members entered Bangladesh's waters in the dark.
The BDR in the district Saturday brought Tajemul before journalists when he narrated the incident. Tajemul said he is a resident of Chalakpara village at Baishnab Nagar thana under Murshidabad district.