Border Guard Bangladesh fired on Firozabad BSF jawan after post commander meeting: Govt in LS

AGRA: Exactly a month after Firozabad BSF head constable Vijay Bhan Singh was killed at international border of India-Bangladesh, Indian government on Tuesday stated in Lok Sabha, that he was killed while returning from the meeting with Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB).
The written statement came as a reply to a query posted by Congress MP V K Sreekandan from Palakkad constituency of Kerala to home ministry.
In the reply, minister of state in the ministry of home affairs, Nityanand Rai said, “The border-out-post (BOP) commander, Kakmarichar had gone to a post commander level meeting with BGB BOP Charghat Commander on Bangladesh side for release of a Indian fisherman as per standard protocol. While returning from the meeting, BSF party was fired upon. One BSF personnel was killed in the firing on October 17 and another BSF personnel was injured.”
“ The matter was taken up by director general of BSF with DG Border Guard Bangladesh,” added Rai.
The 51-year-old border man, who hailed from Chamrauli village of Shikohabad block, was killed and a constable injured in an unprovoked firing by BGB troops during a flag meeting a riverine border stretch between Bangladesh and Behrampore in Bengal.
Vijay Bhan Singh was survived by 50-year-old wife Sunita and two sons, corporal Vivek Kumar (28) and Sumit Kumar (21). Singh, who had joined BSF in 1990, was supposed to be back home on leave next month.
Speaking with TOI, his elder son Vivek Kumar, currently serving in technical team of Yelahanka air force station, Bengaluru, said, “My father was a humble man who cared for everyone. He had sufficient experience in dealing with difficult situations which arose on the border. My family needs to know as why he was shot dead during a flag meeting which was supposed to be peaceful.”
Neeraj Kumar, the gram pradhan of Chamrauli village and a relative of the slain BSF jawan, said, “The family has a tradition of serving country by joining security forces. Vijay’s elder brother Satyendra Bhan Singh is a retired solider of Indian Army, while Vijay’s elder son is serving in IAF. There are over dozen men in the village who serve in defence forces.”