BGB soldier killed in BSF firing

A member of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has been shot dead by India's Border Security Force (BSF) along the Dhanyokhola-Jelepara border in Benapole upazila of Jashore.

The deceased is Mohammad Rais Uddin, 35, hailed from Chapainawabganj was posted at the BGB-49 Battalion in Jashore.

Lt Col Md Jamil, commander of the 49 Battalion, confirmed the news.

According a press release of BGB, a patrol team of the paramilitary force challenged a gang of cattle smugglers when they were intruding into Bangladesh from India, adjacent to Jelepara post area under the Benapole upazila,  early Monday.

At one stage of the chase, the smugglers went back inside Indian territory, it reads, adding that BGB personnel Raisuddin got separated from the patrol team amid dense fog.

Though initially he was not found, later it was known through several sources that he was injured in BSF firing and was undergoing treatment in an Indian hospital. He died there early Monday.