BSF Shoots 2 Bangladeshis Dead at Sylhet Border

Two Bangladeshi youths were shot dead by Indian Border Security Force-BSF at the Kanaighat border in Sylhet.

The incident took place on Wednesday (November 3) afternoon at the Dona border in Kanaighat.

The deceased were identified as Askar Ali, 25, son of Abdul Latif and Arif Hossain, 22, son of Abdul Hannan of the same village.

Relatives of the victims said they left home on Tuesday (November 2) afternoon and went to the local Lalbazar. After that they did not return home.

Nazrul Islam, company commander of the Surighat Border Guard Bangladesh-BGB camp, said senior BGB officials had been informed of the deaths of the two youths.

Kanaighat Police Officer-in-Charge (OC) Tajul Islam said a police team had rushed to the spot. It is learned that they were shot dead by BSF while entering India through a border smuggling route.