A Bangladeshi cowherd was shot dead by the Indian border security force near the Wahedpur border in Shibganj of the Chapainawabganj district around 2:30 am yesterday.
The casualty was identified as Tariqul Islam, 35, son of late Yusuf Ali from nearby Jamaipara village in the Paanka Union.
“Around 1 am Monday morning, five to six Bangladeshi cowherds entered India by Wahedpur border pillar 16/4-S. At that time, patrol teams from Chandni Chawk 20 BSF jawans from Maldaha, West Bengal, India, fired rounds at the cowherds.
“Tariqul, wounded by the shots, died around 2:30 am, after accompanying cowherds had brought him back home,” said the commandant of BGB 9, Lieutenant Colonel Abu Zafar Sheikh Md Bazlul Haque, while describing the details of the incidents.
Company commanders from both BGB and BSF held a flag meeting at 10:30 am, yesterday morning, after BGB valiantly protested the killing in writing.
In the meeting, BSF agreed to remain vigilant so that the incident is not repeated and to bring and end to the killings in the border. BGB was strong in its protest against the incident.
Shibganj police was on the way to recover the dead body in order to conduct an autopsy when this report was being written.
