A Bangladeshi youth has been shot dead by the members of Border Security Force (BSF) of India along the Kasba border in Brahmanbaria.
The incident happened at Putia border in the Bayek union under Kasba upazila on Monday morning.
The victim was identified as Md Hasan, 23. He was a farmer from village Karimpur. He is survived by his wife and a four-month-old son.
According to the police, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel and villagers, Hasan and a few others went to the zero point along Putia border. Seeing them, BSF members opened fire at them and shot Hasan. He was rushed to local Upazila Health Complex by the where doctors pronounced him dead.
The BGB and BSF held a flag meeting near Pillar No. 2050 at the zero point of Putia border on Monday afternoon.
Sukesh Chandra Chowdhury, company commander of Salda River BGB Camp under the 60 Battalion and Mukesh Kumar, company commander of Putia BSF Camp under the 150 Battalion led the flag meeting.
