India's Border Security Force (BSF) last night returned the body of a Bangladeshi youth who died in BSF firing along the Dighaltari border in Lalmonirhat.

Liton Parvez, 22, was shot by BSF early Tuesday morning and died in an Indian hospital the same night.

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) handed over Liton's body at Jhaurani border of Hatibandha upazila around 11:00pm in presence of border guards and police of both countries.

Liton, of Dighaltari village of Durgapur union in Aditmari upazila, was buried at his village home last night.

Lalmonirhat 15 BGB Battalion's Commanding Officer (CO) Lt Colonel Mofazzal Hossain Akhand told journalists that they protested the killing of the Bangladeshi youth by BSF on the border.

Liton was injured in BSF firing while bringing cows from India illegally, according to the BGB.

BDST: 1012 HRS, MAR 28, 2024
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