Bangladeshi national killed in BSF firing

Agartala, Nov 18 (UNI) A Bangladeshi national was killed and several others were injured in firing by BSP personnel at Tillabazar in North Tripura district yesterday, police said today.

They today said the incident occurred when some miscreants tried to obstruct the BSF jawans while they were deporting five foreign nationals to Bangladesh on a court's directive.

The criminals pelted stones at jawans and objected to the deportation claiming that all of them were Indian citizens, the police added.

The BSF jawans opened fire on the irate mob in self-defence, killing one person on the spot and injuring several others.

The injured were admitted to the Kailashahar District Hospital.

The BSF made extra deployment in the area while senior police officials had rushed to the spot, District Magistrate Santanu Das said.

The force had detained five Bangladeshi intruders on November 15.

They were subsequently handed over to the police.

The court yesterday ordered their deportation. However, people of the border villages attacked the jawans and tried to take them away, BSF officials said.

Meanwhile, the locals are observing a 24-hour bandh in north Kailashahar, district headquarters of North Tripura in protest against the killing.

UNI