Two Bangladeshi men were killed on Friday after the Border Security Force opened fire at suspected smugglers near the India-Bangladesh border in Tripura, India Today NE reported.
A group of about 15 Bangladeshis had entered nearly 200 yards into Indian territory at around 11 pm on Friday for “smuggling purposes”, The Daily Star quoted the Border Guard Bangladesh as having said in a statement.
As they were returning to Bangladesh, a Border Security Force patrol team intercepted them near the border, triggering a tussle during which Indian personnel fired two rounds of shotgun pellets, the statement claimed.
The injured men were taken to hospital in Tripura, where they died during treatment.
The incident occurred near the Kamalasagar-Pathariyadwar border in Tripura’s Sepahijala district, close to Kasba upazila in Bangladesh’s Brahmanbaria district.
The two men were identified as 20-year-old student Mohammad Morsalin and 40-year-old Nobir Hossain, the newspaper reported.
While the Border Security Force has not commented on the matter, The Times of India reported that the unit opened fire in self defence after the group of Bangladeshis allegedly threw stones at the Indian personnel.
The group had been transferring goods across the border fence in the dark, the newspaper quoted unidentified Indian officials as having claimed.
The bodies were handed over to Border Guard Bangladesh, following a battalion-level flag meeting at the Khirnal border area in Kasba, The Daily Star...
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