Indian border guards kill two Bangladeshi smugglers

MALDA, Nov. 28: Two Bangladeshi smugglers have been shot dead by Indian border guards in the Malda BSF sector since yesterday, officials said today. The first incident took place at Dakuhara border outpost in South Dinajpur's Tapan police station area early yesterday and the second incident occurred at Kedaripur, three-km south of Pannapur border outpost, in Malda's Habibpur police station area this morning. Border guards of 115-battalion at Dakuhara had to open fire after they were allegedly assaulted by a group of three armed Bangladeshis, a BSF official, said. "The BSF personnel opened four rounds of firing in which one Bangladeshi infiltrator was killed," he said. The BSF jawans also seized 19 India-made radios from the spot. Maheful Ali, a cattle smuggler and resident of Porsa in Bangladesh, was shot dead by BSF jawnas of 172 battalion when he was trying to cross the border with five cattle from Indian side. The BSF officials handed over the body of Ali to their Bangladesh counterparts after a flag meeting today, officials said. n SNS