Siliguri: A Bangladeshi national was killed and a Border Security Force (BSF) jawan was injured on the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal. The incident took place near the Khalpara village in Darjeeling district.
A group of 15-20 people from Bangladesh crossed the International Border illegally and entered the Indian territory. These people were joined by others from the Indian side to smuggle cattle and contraband. After a BSF patrol party asked them to surrender, “all the miscreants” attacked with ‘dah’ (a tool similar to a sickle), sticks and also pelted stones.
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The BSF troopers fired non-lethal ammunition to disperse the attackers but they did not relent and tried to “snatch” the weapon of a jawan. “Then, the jawan fired from his rifle and the miscreants fled. Two cattle that the men tried to smuggle have been seized.
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