Smugglers attack BGB

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) were attacked by a gang of smugglers on Chapshar border in Haripur upazila yesterday. Major Shafiqul Islam, staff officer of BGB Dinajpur, said seeing suspicious movement, a patrol team of BGB challenged the gang when they were smuggling phensidyl and fertiliser into Bangladesh from India at around 10:15am. At this, the smugglers attacked the BGB men and tried to drag one of them into the Indian territory. To retaliate, BGB fired four bullets at the gang, leaving one of them injured. However, the injured managed to flee, said the major.