Bangladeshi man shot dead by BSF
A Bangladeshi man suspected of cattle rustling was shot dead by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in Lalmonirhat's Patgram upazila early yesterday.
Mizanur Rahman, 22, was a resident of Burimari union in the upazila, police said.
BSF men opened fire on Mizanur and some 10 of his associates while they were smuggling Indian cows to Bangladesh through Shamsernagar border, said Subedar Sultan Hossain, company camp commander of BGB 61 Battalion.
Mizanur caught in the line of fire near the border and was taken to Patgram Upazila Health Complex where doctors pronounced him dead, he said, adding that BGB sent a letter to BSF protesting the killing.
Sumon Kumar Mohanta, officer-in-charge of Patgram Police Station, said they prepared an inquest report of the body and sent it to Lalmonirhat Sadar Hospital for an autopsy.
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