Published by: Sucheta Sengupta | Posted: February 18, 2023 2:50 PM| Updated: February 18, 2023 2:56 PM
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Raja Das, Balurghat: A Bangladeshi was killed by BSF in Heli on the India-Bangladesh border. According to BSF sources, the person is a smuggler. The man was spotted early Saturday morning near an abandoned paddy field in Kundupara, bordering Dinajpur, Bangladesh. Suspicious of his movements, BSF Jawans tried to arrest him. But the person attacked the BSF with a bamboo stick and jumped across the border towards Bangladesh. At that point, BSF opened fire on him. The smuggler died as a result. This has started the tension between the two countries.
The BSF movement has increased along the Hili border in South Dinajpur. Soldiers of Healy’s 61 Battalion saw a suspicious person roaming the border between India and Bangladesh on Friday evening. The jawans planned to detain and interrogate him. He reportedly attacked the jawans with bamboo sticks and machetes when he was about to move towards that target. Then he fled across the border. He died when the wounded soldiers opened fire in self-defense.
[আরও পড়ুন: সংগীত জগতে নক্ষত্রপতন, প্রয়াত পণ্ডিত বিজয় কিচলু]
Later, the jawans found 2 sticks, 2 bamboo sticks, 79 bottles of banned drugs, 2400 Bengali taka and a mobile phone from the spot. According to the BSF, some other smugglers were hiding in the bushes along the border. They also allegedly attacked the BSF. However, they could not be identified. According to BSF sources, the person had come to India for Bangladeshi smugglers and smugglers. His name is Babu. House in Fakirpara, Dinajpur, Bangladesh.
[আরও পড়ুন: রাতভর প্রিয় নেতাকে আগলে জনতা! ইমরানকে গ্রেপ্তার করতে ব্যর্থ পুলিশ, ভাইরাল ভিডিও]
Jawans have increased their activity in these areas under the leadership of BSF North Bengal Frontier IG Ajay Singh. Because the internal report shows that the problem of infiltration and human trafficking in this area has increased recently. Since then more conscious jawans. Such an incident happened in between.
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