Indian Border Security Force (BSF) shot and injured a Bangladeshi and an Indian man at Hijaldi village in Kolaroa upazila yesterday morning.
The injured are Laltu Hossain, 35, a Bangladeshi cattle trader and son of Saker Morol of Sultanpur village of the upazila, and Indian cattle trader Abdullah, 30, son of Samsher Morol of Gonorajpur village of 24 Pargana of West Bengal of India.
Officer-in-Charge Subhas Biswas of Kolaroa Police Station said Laltu was shot when BSF opened fire from across the border at Bangladeshi cattle traders who gathered at Hijaldi village.
Angered at the incident, Bangladeshi and Indian cattle traders engaged in a clash with BSF at Hijaldi border in the morning, when BSF again fired shots, leaving Abdullah injured. The clash also left two BSF members injured.
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and BSF later held a flag meeting at Hijaldi where BGB protested firing on Bangladeshis.
Source : The Daily Star
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