BSF shoots Bangladeshi cattle smuggler

Story by ATV | Posted by sabir hussain | Date 13-02-2022

The smugglers tried to loft the cattle over the barbed wire fence.

Guwahati

Border Security Force (BSF) troopers shot dead a Bangladesh cattle smuggler in the Kukurmara area in Assam's South Salmara Mankachar district along the India-Bangladesh border on Sunday morning, a top BSF official said.

JC Nayak, DIG of BSF (Dhubri sector) said that the incident occurred while smugglers had tried to transport cows from the Indian side to Bangladesh by lifting the cattle over the tall barbed-wire fence.

The BSF personnel deployed along the international border tried to stop the illegal activities. But the smugglers tried to overpower the BSF personnel.

"One smuggler from Bangladesh side was killed in BSF firing on the spot and the security personnel recovered three cows, sharp weapons from the spot. The incident took place at Kukurmara BOP at around 4 am on Sunday,” Nayak said.

"Around 20-25 smugglers from Indian side came to the area with the cattle and their intention was to transport the cattle heads to the Bangladesh side by crossing the fencing of the international border. Similar numbers of smugglers also came from the Bangladesh side," the BSF official said.

He further said, "They use levers made of bamboo or a crane to transport the cows to Bangladesh by lifting the cows over the tall barbed fence. Today also the Indian smugglers had tried to use this method. Our boys had challenged them, but they didn't stop their activities and they also tried to overpower our boys."

He also said that despite warning shots the smugglers did not stop their activities.

"Some people from Bangladesh side had tried to cut barbed wire and cut 3-4 strands of the wire on the Bangladesh side. There was no option for us to fire upon them to control the situation and our jawan fired one round bullet by using an INSAS rifle and it hit a Bangladesh smuggler," Nayak said.

"We had searched the area and found that the smuggler was killed. We recovered three cows, a cantilever, daos (machetes), bamboo sticks. We have informed the local police of Mankachar police station about the incident," the BSF official said.