Lalmonirhat Border: Bangladeshi man shot dead by BSF Our Correspondent, Lalmonirhat Our Correspondent, Lalmonirhat
A 29-year-old man was shot dead yesterday morning by the Indian Border Security Force in Sreerampur area of Patgram, Lalmonirhat.
Abul Kalam Azad died while he was being taken to Rangpur Medical College Hospital. He was a resident of Jhalangi area in Patgram.
Officials of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) said Azad and six others were trying to smuggle in cows from India by crossing the international border when he got shot around 5:30am.
Patrolling officers of Border Security Force Battalion 140 of Cooch Behar, West Bengal, opened fire at them. Azad was shot in the neck and head, said Jhalangi BGB Camp Commander Nayek Subedar Jalal Sardar.