A Bangladeshi national was allegedly killed by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) at the Sultanpur border in Damurhuda police Station in Chuadanga on Wednesday, reports UNB.
The deceased was identified as Ibrahim Khalil Babu, 29, son of Nurul Islam, a resident of Jhanjhadanga village in Parkrishnapur Madna union of Damurhuda upazila in Chuadanga.
Local Union Parishad Member Abdur Rahman said that the incident took place inside India at Sultanpur, and BGB officials are trying to bring back the body.
Quoting family members, he said that Ibrahim, a tea seller and father of a two-and-a-half-year-old child, had gone to cut grass for cattle in the afternoon when he was shot. Family members were informed of his death, but the body has not yet been recovered.
Officer-in-Charge of Darshana Police Station Mohammad Shahid Titumir said that family members reported Ibrahim died in BSF firing near the border while working in the field. However, since the body has not been found, official confirmation remains pending.
Lieutenant Colonel Nazmul Hasan, commander of Chuadanga 6 BGB, was unresponsive to multiple calls and messages seeking comment on the incident.
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