Tripura: Bangladesh smuggler killed as BSF jawans open fire in self defence

Agartala: A Bangladesh smuggler was killed in retaliatory action on Monday after he and his group sneaked into Indian soil at Salpokar in Sepahijala district of Tripura.

The Border Security Force (BSF) in a press statement said that a group of miscreants from Bangladesh, armed with sharp weapons, attempted to smuggle in contraband items to India at the Border Out Post (BOP) area in Salpokhar.

The BSF said that when its troops challenged the Bangladesh miscreants, they surrounded the jawans and assaulted them further, and tried to snatch a rifle from one of the jawans.

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It said that in the ensuing scuffle, a round of pump action gun was fired by the BSF team to drive the miscreants away but they continued with their assault and attacked a jawan with a machete.

In self defence, the BSF troops fired two more rounds and soon the miscreants fled the scene.

Later, when the area was searched, the body of a miscreant was recovered about 30 metres inside the Indian territory.

The deceased has been identified as Kamal Hussain, a resident of Sadar Dakshin in Cumilla district of Bangladesh.

An FIR has been lodged in this regard with the Tripura Police.