Cattle trader shot by BSF

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) shot and injured a Bangladeshi cattle trader in Dharmapur frontier at Kashipur union under Phulbari upazila of the district yesterday.

The victim is Khairul Islam, 32, a cattle trader and son of Shahidur Rahman of Anantapur village in Kashipur union under the upazila.

BSF men denied the firing incident at a flag meeting between BSF and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in no-man's land, said Subedar Abdul Majid, Kashipur Company Commander of BGB 45 Battalion in Kurigram.