BSF injures two in Kurigram, picks up another in Jhenidah
BDR, BSF hold meeting to resolve 'diputes'
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) shot and injured two Bangladeshi cattle traders in Phulbari border area in the district on Wednesday.
The injured are Enamul Haque, 28, son of Tafsir Ali and Mominul Islam, 25, son of Jabed Ali of Krisnananda village in the upazila.
According to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and local sources, a group of cattle traders with about 40 cows were coming to Bangladesh from India through Krisnananda border at around 10:30pm.
BSF men at Narayanganj camp in Cooch Behar district in India opened fire on them, leaving Enamul Haque and Mominul Islam seriously injured.
In Jhenidah, BSF picked up a Bangladeshi along Srinathpur border in Moheshpur upazila yesterday.
The man was identified as Zia Malik, 35, son of Mosharraf Malik of Shyamkur Purba Para of the upazila, reports UNB.
Solaiman Hossain, Srinathpur BGB camp commander, said BSF members caught Zia and took him to their camp when he was going to India through the border illegally at about 6am.
The BSF authorities did not return the kidnapped Bangladeshi till 5:00pm yesterday despite a flag meeting between BGB and BSF held at Laraighat at about 12:30pm on the day.
Meanwhile, BGB and BSF at a sector commander level meeting in Chuadanga yesterday agreed to resolve 'major disputes' through discussion and vowed not to open fire on innocent people.
Lt Col Farid Uddin, sector commander of Mirpur, Kushtia, led the 8-member Bangladesh team while Col RC Gore, Deputy Inspector General of Krishnangar BSF, led the eight-member Indian team at the day-long meeting held at Darshana check-post, reports our Kushtia correspondent.
At the meeting, BGB raised several issues, including killing of Bangladeshis especially cattle traders by BSF, smuggling of small firearms, explosives and contraband items from India and sought help from its Indian counterpart to stop those.
The other issues discussed in the meeting included human trafficking and push-in incidents.
In reply, the Indian officials agreed in principle to stop firing at Bangladeshis and take effective steps to stop smuggling of firearms, explosives and contraband goods, sources said.
At the meeting, they also alleged illegal entry of Bangladeshis into India and urged the BGB to check it.
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