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BSF opens fire at Jessore borders killing 2 Bangladesh nationals
India’s Border Security Force (BSF) has opened fire at the Jessore borders, killing two Bangladesh nationals.
Published : 11 April 2015, 06:03 AM
Updated : 11 April 2015, 06:03 AM
The incident at the Dowlatpur area in the early morning of Saturday left three others injured, according to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) officials.
The dead have been identified as ‘Aku’, 29 and ‘Shanto’, 45. Both of them hailed from Benapole’s Putkhali Village.
BGB Dowlatpur Camp Commander Nayek Subedar Amjad Hossain said that a group of cattle-traders were entering Bangladeshi territory through the border when BSF personnel opened fire.
Several of them were injured in the firing.
One of them died while being taken to a local hospital while the other was declared dead by doctors at the hospital.
The bodies would be sent to Jessore Sadar Hospital for autopsy, said Benapole police’s Inspector Rafiqul Islam.
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