Bangaldeshi national killed in Tripura border

Agartala, May 28 : A Bangladesh national of Mongoloid origin was killed when BSF jawans opened fire to prevent a group of foreigners from crossing over to Tripura near Raisyabari in Dhalai district yesterday, official sources said today.

The sources said the BSF jawans, who were patrolling the border, challenged a group of infiltrators from Bangladesh. Being challenged the Bangladesh nationals attacked the BSF jawans with lethal weapons including machets. The jawans opened fire killing one of the infiltrators on the spot. The rest, however, fled away to Bangladesh.

The body had been handed over to police for post mortem.

UNI