India's Border Security Force (BSF) shot to death two Bangladeshis along Burimari Bandermatha frontier in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat this morning.
BSF members took away the bodies of Yunus Ali and Sagar Chandra into their territory, Camp Commander Subeder Billal Hossain of BGB-61 Burimari BoP and Officer-in-Charge of Patgram Police Station Omor Faruque confirmed.
BGB and police said the deceased were involved in cattle smuggling from India, reports our Lalmonirhat correspondent.
BSF troops of 104 Chengrabandha camp, under Cooch Behar district of India's West Bengal, opened fire when a team of 8/10 people were returning to Bangladesh from India with cattle. Yunus Ali and Sagar Chandra died on the spot, the BGB official said.
Camp Commander Subeder Billal said BGB has already sent a letter to BSF protesting the killings and demanding the bodies of the deceased.
However, BGB is yet to receive the any reply from the BSF.
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