BD nat’l hurt in BSF firing

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Jhenaidah Correspondent :A Bangladeshi cattle trader sustained bullet wounds when the BSF soldiers opened fire into a group of Bangladeshi nationals on Monday night near the international borders inside the Indian territory.The injured identified as Abdul Hakin, 27, and son of Nurul Amin Sarder, hailed from Laraighat village of Moheshpur upazila in Jhenaidah district. He was rushed to Jessore General Hospital in the morning of Tuesday.Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), 58, Battalion Commander Lieutenant Colonel Tajul Islam said, a group of cattle traders entered India through the Laraighat frontier on Monday night. When they walked into about one kilometer inside the borders, the BSF men from Fatehpur opened fire into them, leaving Abdul Hakim injured. After the BSF men left the place, the companions of Hakim brought him back to Bangladesh and admitted him to Jessore General Hospital. Following the incident, both the BGB and the BSF sat for a flag meeting at Laraighat frontier on Tuesday. But the BSF during the flag meeting denied the firing charge on the Bangladeshi men. The BGB officials have been trying to find out the reason of the incident, the BGB man said.

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