• About Us
  • Copyright Policy
  • Disclaimer
  • Authors
  • Career
  • Contact Us
Assamese |   Bengali |  
Monday, January 25, 2021
NORTHEAST NOW
  • HOME
  • NORTH EAST
    • Assam
    • Meghalaya
    • Tripura
    • Mizoram
    • Manipur
    • Nagaland
    • Arunachal
    • Sikkim
  • Neighbours
    • Nepal
    • Bhutan
    • China
    • Myanmar
    • Bangladesh
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Sports
  • Environment
  • Citizen Journalists
  • Opinion
No Result
View All Result
  • HOME
  • NORTH EAST
    • Assam
    • Meghalaya
    • Tripura
    • Mizoram
    • Manipur
    • Nagaland
    • Arunachal
    • Sikkim
  • Neighbours
    • Nepal
    • Bhutan
    • China
    • Myanmar
    • Bangladesh
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Sports
  • Environment
  • Citizen Journalists
  • Opinion
No Result
View All Result
NORTHEAST NOW
Assamese
Home Neighbour Bangladesh

BSF jawan killing: FIR filed against Border Guard Bangladesh

The allegation by the BGB that we had fired first is not just absurd but a blatant lie: BSF official

NE NOW NEWS by NE NOW NEWS
GUWAHATI , October 19, 2019 10:57 pm
BSF jawans along Indo-Bangla border

BSF jawans on patrolling duty along Indo-Bangla border. Image credit - Northeast Now

Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

The Border Security Force (BSF) has filed an FIR against the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) over killing one of its jawans on Thursday, said a police official.

According to reports, Bangladeshi border guards opened fire upon a patrolling party of the BSF along the Indo-Bangla border in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district.

In the firing, two BSF men were injured out of whom one succumbed to his injuries.

BSF head constable, identified as 51-year-old Vijay Bhan Singh, was killed as a Bangladeshi border guard shot him with an AK-47 rifle.

Vijay Bhan Singh hailed from Chamaroli village in Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad district.

Singh, who is survived by his wife and two young sons, joined the BSF in 1990.

The BSF man, who was injured in the firing, has been identified as Rajvir Yadav.

A BSF statement said the firing incident occurred in Murshidabad district at around 9 am when a BSF party approached the BGB troops, standing at a ‘char’ or a riverine in the middle of the Padma river, to resolve an issue linked to Indian fishermen.

A media report quoted Murshidabad superintendent of police Mukesh Kumar as saying: “Yes, we have received a complaint from the BSF. A case has been registered and investigation is on.”

The BSF officials have also reportedly confirmed the lodging of the FIR against the BGB.

The BSF has refuted the claims of the Bangladeshi border guards that the BSF patrolling party had opened fire first.

A TOI report quoted a senior official of the BSF as saying that not a single bullet was fired from the Indian side.

The BSF official said, “Although an inquiry has been ordered by the BSF, we still decided to lodge a complaint with the police, in accordance with the norms.”

The official added, “The allegation by the BGB that we had fired first is not just absurd but a blatant lie. We didn’t fire a single bullet.”

According to reports, an uneasy situation had arisen when BGB personnel detained 3 Indian fishermen who were allowed by the BSF within the Indo-Bangla border that run through the middle of river Padma.

The BGB later freed the two Indian fishermen but the third fisherman, Pranab Mondal, is still in Bangladesh police custody.

The incident has been termed as “unexpected” by Bangladesh’s home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal.

But minister Kamal had claimed the unwanted incident took place as four armed BSF men intruded more than 500 yards inside the Bangladesh territory.

Following the firing incident, security has been intensified along the 4,096-km Indo- Bangla border.

Modi leaked information regarding Balakot attack to Arnab Goswami, says Rahul Gandhi

Modi leaked information regarding Balakot attack to Arnab Goswami, says Rahul Gandhi

Oxfam

Indian billionaires’ wealth increases by Rs 12,97,822 crore: Oxfam report

FDI into India rose by 13 percent in ‘gloomy’ 2020: United Nations

FDI into India rose by 13 percent in ‘gloomy’ 2020: United Nations

Country’s first child empowerment centre launched in Sikkim

Country’s first child empowerment centre launched in Sikkim

NORTHEAST NOW

Northeast Now is a multi-app based hyper-regional bilingual news portal. Led by a group of professionals, the digital news platform covers every inch of the eight states of northeast India and the five neighbouring countries. It is the first of its kind new media initiative in the northeast, and is based in Guwahati. As the political dynamics in the northeast is intricate and fluid, Northeast Now is always politically neutral.

 
Our Properties
 
  • NORTHEAST NOW ASSAMESE
  • NORTHEAST JOBS
  • NORTHEAST TENDERS
  • INNFINITY
  • About Us
  • Copyright Policy
  • Disclaimer
  • Authors
  • Career
  • Contact Us

© 2019 - Maintained by EZEN Software & Technology Pvt. Ltd

No Result
View All Result
  • HOME
  • NORTH EAST
    • Assam
    • Meghalaya
    • Tripura
    • Mizoram
    • Manipur
    • Nagaland
    • Arunachal
    • Sikkim
  • Neighbours
    • Nepal
    • Bhutan
    • China
    • Myanmar
    • Bangladesh
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Sports
  • Environment
  • Citizen Journalists
  • Opinion

© 2019 - Maintained by EZEN Software & Technology Pvt. Ltd