Bodies of two suspected Bangladeshi smugglers shot dead by BSF handed over to relatives

Bodies of two suspected Bangladeshi smugglers who were shot dead by Border Security Force in Tripuras Sepahijala district were handed over to their relatives through Kamalasagar BOP in the presence of BSF and BGB officials, police said on Saturday.

Bodies of two suspected Bangladeshi smugglers who were shot dead by Border Security Force in Tripura's Sepahijala district were handed over to their relatives through Kamalasagar BOP in the presence of BSF and BGB officials, police said on Saturday. During routine patrolling, BSF jawans spotted a group of 15 Bangladeshi persons smuggling fishlingers at Pathariadwar, an Indian village, on Friday night. ''On being challenged, the smugglers started pelting stones at BSF troops and in self-defence, the jawans opened fire from PAG (Pump Action Guns) guns, resulting in two suspected persons falling on the ground,'' said Ujjal Choudhury, Officer in Charge (OC) of Madhupur police station. He said the BSF jawans found the two persons with gunshot injuries and took them to the nearby health facility, where they succumbed to their injuries. ''After the post-mortem, the bodies of the suspected smugglers were handed over to their relatives in the presence of BSF and BGB officials following all bilateral protocol at a location under Kamalasgar border outpost (BOP). No complaint was lodged by the BGB authority over the incident,'' he said.