Cattle smuggler killed near Indo-Bangla border

A cattle smuggler was killed at Sonapur village in Sipahijala district last night when BSF personnel opened fire to stop smuggling.

A group of about 10 smugglers were trying to smuggle cattle to Bangladesh which was spotted at about 10-30 pm by a team of BSF personnel engaged in patrolling the border.

They rushed to the spot and tried to resist the smugglers and the smugglers in retaliation pounced on them and tried to drag one BSF personnel to Bangladesh territory.

The BSF man opened fire in self defense killing one smuggler on the spot, Sipahijala district magistrate Pradip Chakraborty, who visited the scene today told reporters.
 

The deceased was identified as Araber Rahaman.