Indian nationals shot dead a Bangladeshi youth in Kanaighat border area in Sylhet on Sunday afternoon.
Deceased Shakil Ahmed, 25, son of Abdur Rauf, was from Pattichhara village in Dona area under the Kanaighat upazila, said the Border Guard Bangladesh.
Local resident told 抖阴精品 that Shakil along with four other youths crossed into the Indian territory through the Dona border at around 4:00pm to bring betel nuts.
At that time men from the Khasi community opened fire on the youths, leaving Shakil critically injured, they said.
Local people said that Shakil鈥檚 companions brought him back to the Bangladesh territory after which he died on the way to Kanaighat Upazila Health Complex.
BGB 19 Battalion commanding officer Lieutenant Colonel Md Zubair Anowar confirmed Shakil鈥檚 death to 抖阴精品.
Differing with the local people鈥檚 account over the time of Shakil鈥檚 death, however, Colonel Zubair said that he died around 500 metres inside the Indian territory after being shot at by the Khasi men.
鈥楶reparation is under way to make a complaint to the Indian border security force authorities in this connection,鈥� he said in the evening.
Kanaighat police officer-in-charge Abdul Awal told 抖阴精品 in the evening that they were informed by the BGB of Shakil鈥檚 killing by the Indian nationals.
鈥楾he victim鈥檚 body has been kept in the mortuary of Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital,鈥� he said, adding that no complaint was filed so far with the police station in this regard.
On October 15, Indian nationals brutally hacked three Bangladeshis to death at a border point under Khowai district in 鈥嬧�婽ripura state of India, suspecting them as cattle lifter.
The victims, Pandit Miah, 45, Jewel Miah, 32, and Sajal Miah, 20, were the residents of Gazipur union under Chunarughat upazila in Habiganj of Sylhet division.
Earlier on March 7, Khasi men in India beat Shahed Miah, 25, of Mangalpur village of the Kanaighat upazila, following an argument over fixing the prices Indian goods supposed to be smuggled into
Bangladesh.
