Two Bangladeshi cattle traders were injured in handmade bomb explosions by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) on the Kormudanga border in Naogaon’s Sapahar upazila yesterday.
They were identified as Ikbal Hossain, 35, son of Abdus Samad and Aminul Islam, 32, son of Alfaz Uddin, both being inhabitants of the Kormudanga village.
Captain of 14 BGB Battalion Lieutenant Colonel Rafiqul Hasan said the incident took place around 2am, when 10 to 12 Bangladesh cattle traders intruded the Sonaghat area in India, just opposite Bangladesh’s Kormudanga village.
The BSF members from Sonaghat camp found and chased the cattle traders who threw brick chips at them, which triggered a clash. Two Bangladeshis were injured in the BSF’s “counter attack” with handmade bombs, he said.