BSF shoots Bangladeshi dead in Sylhet

The Indian Border Security Force shot dead a Bangladeshi youth in Dona border area of Sylhet’s Kanaighat upazila on Thursday afternoon.

Informed by locals, police recovered the body of Salman Ahmed, 18, from the area yesterday afternoon, said Kanaighat OC Md Shamsuddoha.

Salman was from Borokheur village in the upazila.

Lt Col Sayeed Hossain, commanding officer of Zakiganj BGB Battalion-19, said they came to know that the youth was shot by BSF after he had entered India through the border.

The OC said although Salman crossed the border, his body was recovered from the territory of Bangladesh.

The body was sent to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College morgue for an autopsy.