Smuggler dead, BSF Jawan injured in Tripura clash at the India-Bangladesh border

Guwahati: A Bangladeshi smuggler died and a Border Security Force (BSF) jawan was injured during a clash along India-Bangladesh border with Tripura.

The incident took place on Friday late evening. A BSF spokesman on Friday night said that a group of 20 to 25 Bangladeshi smugglers and miscreants intruded inside Indian territory near the area of BOP (Border Outpost) at Putia in western Tripura's Sepahijala District.

He added, "When cautioned by the BSF patrol party, the Bangladeshi smugglers and miscreants attacked the Indian border guarding troops injuring a BSF jawan seriously."


He added that miscreants even tried to take away weapons of BSF personnel. In order to protect his own life, the jawan fired one round of non-lethal PAG (Pump Action Gun) in self-defence.

The Bangladeshi smuggler was injured by the PAG shot and he was evacuated to a hospital in Sepahijala District and later succumbed to his injuries. The BSF jawan is also in the hospital undergoing treatment.

The BSF jawans have arrested 15 Bangladesh nationals, including three women and seven children, in Tripura for illegally entering India.

A BSF spokesman said that the 13 Bangladesh nationals and the three Indian touts were arrested on Thursday night from Kailashahar in the Unakoti district in northern Tripura.