A Bangladeshi youth was reportedly injured in firing by India's Border Security Force (BSF) along the Maheshpur border in Jhenaidah on Saturday.
The injured is Ujjal Hossain, 30, son of Harun-or-Rashid of Mailbaria Paschimpara village under Nepa Union in Maheshpur upazila.
According to locals and border sources, Ujjal was allegedly attempting to cross into India illegally around noon when patrolling BSF personnel from the Pakhuria camp under Hanskhali police station in India's Nadia district opened fire on him.
He sustained a bullet injury, reportedly from a rubber bullet, and was quickly rescued by relatives and associates, who took him away from the border area for secret treatment, the sources said.
BGB-58 Battalion (Maheshpur) Deputy Commander Munshi Imdadur Rahman said a special BGB patrol team was sent to Ujjal's house to investigate, but family members denied that any firing had taken place.
BGB surveillance and inquiries were continuing to establish what had happened along the border and whether anyone had been injured, he added.
