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BSF picks up BD youth

Thursday, 31 July 2014


Members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) picked up a Bangladeshi young man from Dharmagarh border in Ranishankail upazila of Thakurgaon on Thursday. The victim was identified as Alamgir, 26, son of Azizul Hauqe of Shahanabad village of the upazila. Locals said the BSF troops from Kukradaha camp caught Alamgir while he was entering the Indian territory through the border pillar No 373 at about 2pm. Major Tauhid, intelligence official of Thakurgaon Border Guard Bangladesh Battalion-121, confirmed the incident, saying they have sent a letter to BSF for holding a flag meeting to return the youth, according to a news agency.