India’s Border Security Force (BSF) killed a Bang-ladeshi youth at Patgram frontier in Lalmonirhat district in West Bengal state in India.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the de-ceased was identified as Rafiul Islam Tuklu, 29, a cattle trader by profession and resident of Banger Bazar Dangapara village under ward No-2 at Dahagram union in the Upazila.
According to locals, a patrol team of Indian forces Arjun Camp under BSF-6 in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar district of India opened fire when Rafiul Islam Tuklu along with several other persons was with the cattle near the border, leaving him dead on the spot.
The BSF then took the body to Mekhliganj Po-lice Station in India, said the locals. Panbari BGB Camp under BGB Battalion-51 Commander Sube-dar Amanuzzaman confirmed the matter, adding a letter has been sent to BSF protesting the incident and also asking to return the body immediately through a flag meeting.
Meanwhile, A Village Defence Volunteer (VDV) was killed and four others were injured in a clash in disturbed Manipur state of India.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the VDV armed man was killed and four other members were critically injured in a gunfight with a guerrilla group, which broke out at a location that lies between the eastern periphery of the state capital, Imphal, and Kangpokpi district.
The injured people were taken to a hospital in Imphal. One of the injured people was hit by bomb shrapnel on the face while another was hit in the thigh, a police officer said.
Manipur has not fully recovered from the vio-lence that broke out in May 2023 against Indian hegemony in Manipur.—KMS
