India's Border Security Force (BSF) on Wednesday handed over the body of a Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) member who was shot dead on Monday.
The deceased, Rais Uddin, 35, was posted at the BGB-49 Battalion in Jessore.
Battalion Commander Lt Col Hossain Ahmed Jamil and Assistant Director Masud Rana received the body. The body was sent to Jessore General Hospital.
Following a funeral prayer, the body was handed over to his family in Chapainawabganj.
The BGB member succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment in India, the BGB said on Tuesday. The body of the deceased was kept at the Bangaon Mortuary in West Bengal.
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 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 Rais Uddin 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.
Some residents of Jaliapara area said that they heard at least 7-8 gunshots on Monday morning. Later in the day, a young man's bullet-ridden body was found lying on the other side of the border.
Resident Medical Officer at Jessore General Hospital Partha Pratim Chakrabarty told the media that a bullet was found in the lower abdomen of the soldier.
Asked for comment, Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud said at his office on Tuesday that he was not aware of the incident. He, however, said that the ministry would issue a statement in this regard if necessary after knowing the details.