2 Bangladeshis shot by BSF
Two Bangladeshi cattle traders were shot by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Chapsar border in the district's Haripur upazila early yesterday.
They are Mobarak Hossain, 32, son of Mohammad Belal of Magura village, and Moinul Haque, 30, son of Abdur Rafiq of Bhaturia Mulkan village, of the same upazila.
Moinul's family said the BSF members of Moheshgaon camp opened fire on Mobarak and Moinul when they were entering India through the border to bring cattle. Mobarak and Moinul were seriously injured.
Later, the BSF troops picked up Mobarak, who is now being treated at a hospital in Uttar Dinajpur district of West Bengal, India. Moinul somehow managed to return to Bangladesh, according to Moinul's family.
Moinul was first admitted to Thakurgaon Sadar Hospital and later shifted to Rangpur Medical College Hospital as his condition deteriorated.
Mobarak was wounded in the BSF firing around 3:45am, but he was yet to confirm Moinul's injury in the same incident, Lt Col Jamal Hossain, commanding officer of 2 BGB Battalion, Dinajpur, told this correspondent over cell phone.
In the afternoon, a company commander-level flag meeting was held between the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and its Indian counterpart near the border.
The BGB strongly protested the incident and asked the BSF to hand over Mobarak to the BGB.
Comments