BSF kills 2 at Kulaura, Lalmonirhat borders

The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) killed two Bangladeshis at the Kulaura border in Moulvibazar and the Patgram border in Lalmonirhat on Thursday.

Shukhiram Urang, 25, was shot dead around 1:30pm at the Muroichora border of Kormodha union in Kulaura, Moulvibazar. Locals said Shukhiram had gone to work on his farmland near border pillar 1844 around noon. While grazing his livestock, BSF personnel allegedly opened indiscriminate fire. Hit by bullets, he tried to flee but collapsed a short distance away.

Locals rushed him to Kulaura Upazila Health Complex, but he succumbed to his injuries on the way. Officer-in-Charge of Kulaura Police Station, Omar Faruk, confirmed that the body was sent to the morgue for autopsy.