Body of Bangladeshi killed in BSF firing handed over along Thakurgaon border

The body of a Bangladeshi national who was shot dead by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has been handed over to Border Guard Bangladesh through Thakurgaon border.

The deceased was Asadul Haque, 38, son of Abdul Wazed of South Indrail village in Pirganj upazila.

Lieutenant Colonel Abdullah Al Moin, commander of Dinajpur 42 Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), said the BGB held a flag meeting with the BSF to facilitate the repatriation of Asadul's body.

The flag meeting was held at the zero line of the Chanderhat border yesterday afternoon (13 September), with representatives of the Dinajpur 42 BGB and the Indian BSF.

During the meeting, the two sides discussed the prompt repatriation of Asadul's body.

Following legal formalities, the BSF handed over the body to the BGB at around 10pm yesterday, he said.

Meanwhile, two other Bangladeshi nationals, Mostakim and Sri Uda, who survived the shooting, remain in Indian custody.

They were charged under India's Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025, and several sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

They were later produced before the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate in Raiganj in India which ordered that they be held in judicial custody for 14 days.

Mostakim, son of Ahed Ali, and Sri Uda, son of Narayan, are both from North Indrail village in the same upazila.

According to local residents and BGB sources, several Bangladeshi youths entered Indian territory near border pillar No. 333, under the jurisdiction of the Chanderhat Border Outpost (BOP), in the early hours of Saturday (12 September).

At that time, a patrol team of the BSF's 63 Chakshibananda camp in India's North Dinajpur district opened fire on them.

Asadul, Mostakim and Sri Uda were injured in the firing.

BSF personnel later rescued them and took them to Kaliaganj State General Hospital in North Dinajpur where Asadul died.