BSF returns cattle trader's body

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) returned the body of a Bangladeshi cattle trader following a flag meeting with Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Tuesday evening. 

The meeting was held along the zero line at Minapur border in Haripur upazila, said Lt Col Gazi Nahiduzzaman, commanding officer (CO) of BGB-42 Battalion. 

The victim was Jenarul, 30, of Taldangi village in the upazila.

BSF members opened fire on a group of Bangladeshi cattle traders around 5:00am in the border area when they were returning with cattle, the CO said, adding that Jenarul died on the spot while others escaped unhurt. BSF immediately took the body away.

At the flag meeting, BGB strongly protested the killing, saying that they opened fire on the unarmed Bangladeshis violating the international border rules.

After receiving the body, the BGB men handed it over to the Haripur police who later sent the body to the victim's family on the same night.