The Indian Border Security Force killed a Bangladeshi youth in the bordering area in Naogoan district on early Tuesday.
The deceased is Al Amin, 32, son of Abu Bakkar of village Nitpur Colonypara under Porsha upazila in Naogaon.
Al Amin is the second victim of BSF border killing in the seventeen days since its top officials in Dhaka promise to bring down the number of shooting deaths or injuries to Bangladeshi civilians along their shared border to zero on March 9.
Enamul Haque, chairman of Nitpur Union Parishad, said that Al Amin used to bring cows from India as shepherds in exchange for money.
He said that Al Amin along with 10 to 12 others entered India by the side of the main pillar number 232 of the Nitpur border area to fetch cows on Monday night.
While they were returning with cows at 4:00am on Tuesday, BSF members from Agrabad Camp in Murshidabad district opened fire on them, leaving Al Amin dead on the spot.
Boarder Guard Bangladesh-16 battalion captain Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Sadiqur Rahman said that they heard that a Bangladeshi youth was killed in Milmari area in India, which is about two kilometers away from the Bangladesh border.
He said that they sent a letter to the BSF inviting a company commander-level flag meeting in this regard.
Earlier, the BSF killed a Bangladeshi teenage boy and injured at another bordering Moulvibazar village on March 17.
At least 20 Bangladeshi nationals, including a BGB member, were killed in the firing by the Indian BSF since June 2023, according to rights group ASK.
