United News of Bangladesh

A Bangladeshi youth sustained bullet injuries after Indian Border Security Force (BSF) allegedly opened fire along the Kusumpur border in Maheshpur upazila of Jhenaidah on Thursday night. The injured, identified as Riaz, 20, is the son of Shafiqul Islam from the village of Pipulbaria. According to Dr Iman Hossain, Assistant Registrar of the Surgery Department at Jashore General Hospital, some shotgun pellets were removed from Riaz’s body, but one entered near his kidney. He was referred to Dhaka for advanced care, the doctor said. Bangladeshi stone worker detained by BSF  from Sylhet border Riaz’s cousin, Suman, claimed that Riaz had gone to a paddy field near the canal along the border to drain stagnant rainwater from their agricultural land when the BSF opened fire on him. He lost consciousness after being shot, and locals, hearing the gunshots, rushed to the spot and found him lying unconscious in the field. However, Lt Col Rafiqul Alam, commander of 58 Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Battalion in Maheshpur, said they had not received any information about the incident.

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained 47 Bangladeshi nationals during separate raids in various border areas under Maheshpur Battalion (58 BGB) of Jhenaidah on Saturday. Lieutenant Colonel Shah Md. Azizus Shahid, Commander of Maheshpur Battalion (58 BGB), confirmed the matter. Among the detainees are 12 women, 19 men, and 16 children. Several individuals were reportedly apprehended by BGB patrols in the past as well. Read: BGB detains joint secretary attempting to illegally cross border in Brahmanbaria The raids were conducted by teams from the Matila, Khoshalpur, Polianpur, Baghdanga, Shyampur, and Loraighat Border Outposts (BOPs) in the border areas of Maheshpur upazila. Lieutenant Colonel Shah Md. Azizus Shahid said that legal proceedings against the detained individuals are currently underway.