The man killed was identified as Azizul Islam alias Ezul, 32, who hails from Saatbarhia village of Joypurhat Sadar Upazila, according to the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB).
“Cattle trader Azizul was shot by the BSF early morning (Wednesday) at an area between India’s Gayeshpur and Bangladesh’s Jamalpur He died on the spot,” said Lt Col Addur Razzak Tarafdar, the commander of BGB’s Joypurhat-3 Battalion.
A flag meeting between the officials of the two border forces was held at India's Gayeshpur border outpost, where the BGB formally protested the killing, he said.
BSF said that the body has been handed over to the Indian police and will be returned to the Bangladesh authorities after autopsy, Lt Col Tarafdar said.