A suspected smuggler has been killed and another pedestrian injured as Border Guard Bangladesh personnel opened fire on them in Adalat Math area in Chhagalnaiya upazila of Noakhali .
The deceased was identified as Mia, 52, son of Ismail Hossain of Chhagalnaiya municipality. But, the identity of the pedestrian could not be known immediately.
Local people said two BGB personnel had chased a wood-laden truck which was heading towards Chhagalnaiya Bazar from Korerhat area of Chittagong on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway around 3pm and opened fire on them as the truck driver did not respond to signal, leaving two ‘smugglers’ critically injured.
The injured were taken to Feni Sadar Hospital where Mia died soon after admission.
Hearing the news of his death, local businessmen put up barricade on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway for one hour, protesting the incident.
They businessmen claimed that the two people were traders in the locality and not involved with any kind of illegal activities.
Captain of Feni 4 Border Guard Bangladesh Lieutenant Cornel Khaled Mahmud said: “BGB men chased them because the victims ignored security signal.
He also said the smugglers tried to kill the BGB members, so they were compelled to fire bullets for self-protection.
