Sources said among the four dead two are Indian nationals and two are Bangladeshi. The victims were captured inside Bangladeshi territory by BSF and Indians and confined in a house at Gangail village of Tripura in India. They were lynched by an Indian mob from there and reportedly chopped to pieces.

The victims are Muzammel Haque Bhuiyan alias Mozailla, 35, the son Idris Mia of Kuripaika village in B'baria. He played a vital role in the killing of BSF men who intruded into Bangladesh for robbery. The BSF had declared a bounty of Tk 50,000 for his capture. Abdur Razzak, 31, the son of Daulat Bihari Bhuiyan was an associate of Mozailla from the same village. Muhammad Alam, 33, a criminal from India, was in hiding at Abdullapur village in Bangladesh. He had married Helena Begum, 30, a Bangladeshi. Sources said Alam, who had been living in Bangladesh for two years, was sending information to India. Sujit Sarker, 33, according to Indian reports, was of Kolkolia village at Siddai thana in the Indian state of Tripura. Sujit was the informant of Indian detective branch, the source added.

The BSF admitted the death of four people through a letter to BDR but did not give the identity of the two Indian nationals. The BSF and BDR have increased patrol near Hirapur.