BSF kills Bangladeshi cattle trader in Chuadanga: BGB
09 October 2022, 06:17 pm | Updated: 21 November 2024, 11:32 pm
Indian border guards shot and killed a Bangladeshi man at Boldiya border in Damurhuda upazila of the Chuadanga district early Sunday.
The killing was confirmed by a Bangladesh Border Guard official.
The Bangladeshi man, said to be a cattle trader, was identified as Muntaj Hossain alias Jahangir, 32, from Boldiay School Para.
Lt Col Shah Mohammad Istiaq, director of BGB-6 battalion, said that the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) fired around 5am am when Muntaj went to India to bring cattle through border opposite the No 82 main pillar, leaving him dead on the spot.
He said the body is still on the Indian side of the border separated by barbed wire fence.
AHM Lutful Kabir, officer-in-charge of the area's Darshana police station, said they were aware of the matter, but have no details.
