BSF shoots dead Bangladesh smuggler in Malda

A Bangladeshi member of a gang that smuggles banned cough syrup was killed when BSF personnel opened fire at the India-Bangladesh border in Malda on Tuesday night.
Ibrahim (24) of Shivgunj, which is 6km from the border in Bangladesh’s Chapai Nawabgunj district, was declared dead at Malda Medical College. The gang used to smuggle out the cough syrup through the border at Kaliachak.
During patrolling at the Nawada border outpost, a jawan of BSF’s 70 Bn noticed suspicious movement of a group of people on either side of the border fencing.
Challenged by the jawan, the group turned violent and attacked him with stones and sickles.
“The jawan tried to disperse them and fired stun grenades, but the miscreants continued with their aggressive gesture and act. Our jawan fired two rounds in self-defence to save his life,” BSF said in a statement. One of the group members was injured in the firing but the others managed to flee.