Two people killed, one injured in BSF firing

Barrackpore, Jun 10: At least two people were killed and one was injured as the Border Security Force opened fire on the Indo-Bangladesh border area at Gede in Nadia and Hakimpur under Swarupnagar police station area in North 24 Parganas, official sources said today.

Police said here that the BSF had fired on a gang when the latter were crossing the border with a few cattle yesterday.

One of the persons, who died in BSF firing, was a Bangladeshi, police said. His body was sent for post-mortem.

The injured person was admitted to the Basirhat sub-divisional hospital.

Meanwhile, a 'smuggler' was killed in an encounter between the BSF and its Bangladeshi counterpart late last night near Gede border in Nadia District.

Deputy Inspector General of the BSF alleged that the Bangladesh security personnel opened fire across the border when the BSF chased a cattle smuggler.

IG of BSF (South Bengal) Somesh Goyal rushed to Gede this morning as the situation in the bordering areas was tensed.

Flag meeting between the BSF and BDR might be held today, a BSF source said.

UNI