BSF kills another Bangladeshi amid zero killing talks
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India s Border Security Force shot dead a Bangladeshi citizen along the border in Mymensingh Tuesday night while the director general of the force was participating in a conference with their Bangladeshi counterparts where the top agenda was to stop border killings.
Khairul Islam, 40, the man who was killed, was a cattle trader of Gubrakura village in Haluaghat, Mymensingh, reports our correspondent in the district.
Khairul was shot in Gubrakura area along the border by BSF personnel patrolling near the international border pillar 1124 around 8:30pm, according to police and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) officers.
BSF kills Bangladeshi cattle trader in Mymensingh border area
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A Bangladeshi national was shot dead by India s Border Security Force (BSF) along the Gubrakura border under Haluaghat upazila of Mymensingh last night.
The deceased Md Khairul Islam (40) of Gubrakura village in Haluaghat was a cattle trader, reports our Mymensingh correspondent.
Md Khairul Islam was injured when a BSF patrol team of India s Gachhuapara area opened fire near the international border pillar 1124 around 8:30pm, according to sources at Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and police.
The incident might have occurred when the victim was crossing the border, said Lt Col Tauhid Mahmud, commanding officer of BGB-39 Battalion, Mymensingh. BGB is looking into the matter, said the commanding officer.