A Bangladeshi man was shot and detained by India's Border Security Force (BSF) while allegedly attempting to smuggle gold across the Chuadanga border on Friday (November 6) evening.
The injured man, Monirul Islam, 35, was shot in the leg and hit by rubber bullets on his back near Harihar Nagar village in Jibannagar upazila around 6pm on November 6.
He was among seven people who approached the border fencing to smuggle gold. The others escaped by jumping into a nearby canal.
BGB's Maheshpur 58 Battalion confirmed the incident. However, Monirul's current condition remains unknown, and it is yet to be confirmed whether he is alive.
-AH