Youth shot dead by BSF in Chuadanga

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UNB, Chuadanga :A Bangladeshi young man was shot to death by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in Natunpara bordering area of Jibannagar upazila on Saturday. Quoting locals, BGB said BSF members from Nonaganj camp arrested some Bangladeshi young men, including Shehab, 18, son of Mahabul Halsena of Goalpara village in the upazila, after they entered a mango orchard for plucking mangoes in the bordering area around 11am.At one stage, the BSF members hit them up with riffle butts, leaving them injured, said Chuadanga BGB-6 Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Amir Mazid.Later the BSF members opened fire on them while they tried to flee, leaving Shehab critically injured.Shehab was rushed to Jibannagar Upazila Health Complex where doctors declared him dead.

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