Kolkata, A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper was killed and another injured on Thursday when Border Guards Bangladesh fired on them after a flag meeting for securing the release of a fisherman in BGB’s custody at Kakmarichar along the riverine international border in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district.
The incident sent an alarm bell in the security forces and intelligence agencies as the BSF and the BGB have not exchanged a single bullet for decades.
According to the BSF, head constable Vijay Bhan Singh – father of two sons and slated to celebrate his 52nd birthday next month – was killed after the team came under fire while returning from the flag meeting in the water channel near Boundary Pillar 75/7-S. Constable/crew (boatman) Rajbir Singh sustained bullet wound in his right wrist.
Following the incident, the BSF has apprised the Union Home Ministry about the incident and senior BGB officials have been contacted.
Giving details, a BSF official said: “On Thursday morning, three Indian fishermen went for fishing in River Padma in the border area. Later two fishermen returned and approached BSF outpost Kakmarichar that BGB personnel at post Charghat apprehended them and later released two of them to call the BSF post commander for a flag meeting.”..
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