1 killed, 4 hurt in BSF shooting

A Bangladeshi national was killed and four others sustained bullet injuries as members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) opened fire on them at Paschim Ram Krishnapur village bordering India in Sadar upazila of Joypurhat district yesterday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Sayem, a resident of the village. Tozammel Haque, chairman of Dholahar union parishad, said the BSF members chased two children while they were catching fish in a pond near 276/7 border pillar at the village.
As some village people protested the incident, the BSF members entered the village around 12:30pm and opened fire on villagers that left five people, including Sayem, injured. The injured were rushed to Joypurhat Adhunik Hospital from where Sayem was shifted to Bogra Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital. Sayem later succumbed to injuries at the hospital around 4:30pm.

1 killed, 4 hurt in BSF shooting

A Bangladeshi national was killed and four others sustained bullet injuries as members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) opened fire on them at Paschim Ram Krishnapur village bordering India in Sadar upazila of Joypurhat district yesterday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Sayem, a resident of the village. Tozammel Haque, chairman of Dholahar union parishad, said the BSF members chased two children while they were catching fish in a pond near 276/7 border pillar at the village. As some village people protested the incident, the BSF members entered the village around 12:30pm and opened fire on villagers that left five people, including Sayem, injured. The injured were rushed to Joypurhat Adhunik Hospital from where Sayem was shifted to Bogra Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital. Sayem later succumbed to injuries at the hospital around 4:30pm.