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Suspected Cattle Smuggler Killed By BSF At India-Bangladesh Border In West Bengal
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Dec 23, 2021, 01:19 PM | Updated 04:44 PM IST
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Dinhata/ Guwahati, Dec 23 (PTI) A suspected cattle smuggler was shot dead by BSF at the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal's Coochbehar district in the early hours of Thursday, police said.
The BSF opened fire on a group of 15-20 suspected cattle smugglers around 2.30 am in Kashimghat in Gitaldah border outpost area of Dinhata after they tried to snatch the INSAS rifles from the security personnel, police said.
A BSF spokesperson in Guwahati said a suspected smuggler was shot at and sent to the hospital with bullet wounds.
The area is in the jurisdiction of the BSF Guwahati Frontier.
'The firing injured Lutpar Rahaman, a resident of Gitaldaha block II. He was shifted to the hospital by BSF, where he died. Rahman is a known cattle smuggler of the area,' a senior police officer of Coochbehar district said.
'A BSF personnel was also injured in the scuffle,' he said.
The BSF used a pump-action gun to intercept the smugglers, but as a scuffle broke out, they tried to snatch the INSAS rifles from the personnel, following which the forces fired six rounds in self defence, the officer said.
On Wednesday, a Bangladeshi national was killed when BSF personnel fired to thwart a narcotics smuggling bid along the International Border in the state's Malda district, a senior officer said.
(This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text. Only the headline has been changed.)
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