Two Bangladeshis were shot dead by the Border Security Force (BSF) members in India’s Tarali area near Satkhira border yesterday.
The victims are Md Nazrul Islam of sadar upazila and Abdul Khaleq Sarker of Kalaroa.
Banshdaha union Chairman Nasimul said the bodies of Nazrul and Khaleq had not been brought from India yet. Tarali is across Satkhira’s Taluigachha border.
A number of Bangladeshis were returning from India with smuggled goods when the BSF members confronted them early in the morning. The BSF members shot at them leaving Nazrul and Khaleq dead on the spot.
Lt Col Arman, commander of Satkhira 38 BGB battalion, said a flag meeting with BSF 76 battalion officials had been requested.