The Foreign Ministry yesterday said that the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) formally regretted the killing of Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) sepoy.
The BSF also conveyed that they would work together in the future to prevent such incidents, ministry spokesperson Seheli Sabrin said at a briefing.
On January 22, the BSF shot and killed Mohammad Roisuddin, a 35-year-old resident of Jessore. He was posted at the BGB-49 Battalion in Jessore.
The BGB member succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment in India, the BGB said. Following the incident, the BGB sent a protest note to its Indian counterpart and demanded a proper investigation into the matter.
The death of the BGB member has also drawn criticism among the netizens, who were seen condemning the Indian authorities for their careless shooting at the border. Some groups also called for boycotts of Indian products as a protest.
According to a BGB press release, a patrol team of the BGB challenged a group of cattle smugglers when they were intruding into Bangladesh from India, adjacent to the Jhelepara post area under Benapole Upazila, around 5:30am on Monday.
At one stage, the smugglers went back inside Indian territory, it reads, adding that BGB member Roisuddin got separated from his team amid dense fog.
Though initially he was not found, later it was known through several sources that he was injured in a BSF firing and was undergoing treatment in an Indian hospital.
The spokesperson said border as well as visa issues would come up during the upcoming visit of Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud to New Delhi from February 7-9. She said the Teesta water sharing deal is likely to be discussed during the visit.