BSF man arrested

BDR officials and witnesses said two border guards from 32 BSF battalion intruded 500 yards inside the Bangladesh territory chasing several Bangladeshi youths who were collecting fuel woods near the zero lines.

BSF constable Nakul Kumar was arrested from Nacholdoba village of Thakurgaon while his colleague Gobinda Saha managed to flee to Indian territory, they added.

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They beat several residents prompting the fellow villagers to confine them when a BDR patrol team of 20 BDR battalion appeared at the scene only to find Nakul Kumar and take him to their custody.

Witnesses said the incident sparked tensions in the border as both BDR and BSF reinforced strengths in the frontline.