BSF hands over body of Bangladeshi man
Gunshots were reportedly heard from the Indian side, and Sabuj was found critically injured moments later
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has handed over the body of a Bangladeshi man who was allegedly shot dead along the Patgram border in Lalmonirhat early yesterday (4 December).
Mizanur Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) of Patgram Police Station, said the body of Sabuj Islam, 29, was returned through a flag meeting between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and BSF in the presence of Indian police around 10pm yesterday.
Members of the local BGB Border Outpost (BOP), Patgram police, and the victim's relatives were also present during the handover, he said.
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"After completing the legal process, we handed over the body to his elder brother," the OC added.
Sabuj, son of Sirajul Islam of Pochabandar village under Jagatber union, had gone to the Shamshernagar frontier area with a group of farmers early that day to work on their croplands. Gunshots were reportedly heard from the Indian side, and Sabuj was found critically injured moments later.
Shamshernagar Border Outpost Commander Kamal Uddin, quoting locals, said BSF members later took away the body.
