Moon Desk: A Bangladeshi youth succumbed to his injuries after being shot allegedly by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) at Panchagarh’s Tentulia border.
The deceased was identified as Sujan Ali, 27, son of Anurul Haque of Hengadoba village of Devangarh union of Tentulia upazila.
He died while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Rangpur on Tuesday night.
According to police and BGB sources, on Monday night a group of alleged smugglers, comprising 6 to 7 people, including Sujan, went to Sukani border area of India near the Tentulia border under Nilphamari 56 BGB Battalion to bring cattle.
A patrol team of BSF Sukani camp fired several rounds at them, leaving Sujan bullet injured.
Cohorts of Sujan rescued him and to avoid police hassle, they took him to a private clinic in Rangpur, where Sujan succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday night.
Police, however, after getting the information, recovered the body and sent it to Panchgarh Modern Sadar Hospital for autopsy on Wednesday morning.
Lt Col Asaduzzaman Hakim, the commander of Nilphamari 56 BGB Battalion, said that a man died after being shot at the border. They are trying to find out reason and by whom he died.
