In Chuadanga, the Indian border guards shot Mintu when he was going to another village within Bangladesh territory through an approach road to Indian border at about 4:00am.

Mintu died on the spot. He hails from Sazia village of Moheshpur upazila in Jhenidah, report our Kushtia correspondent.

Later, the BSF dragged the body into Indian territory and left near main pillar no 60.

The 35 BDR Battalion sent a letter to their counterpart protesting the incident and asking for a flag meeting. The Indian side did not respond by yesterday evening.

UNB reports from Chapai-nawabganj: The BSF of Noorpur outpost opened fire on the cow traders near the Wahedpur frontier when they were bringing cows into Bangladesh from India through the border on Saturday evening, BDR sources said.

The dead were identified as Bashiruddin, 18, of Trishrashia village and Tofazzal, 25, of Daktarpara village in Shibganj upazila. Identity of the Indian citizen could not be known immediately. The BSF took away the bodies.

The incident took place 2 kilometres off the zero point at Wahedpur, BDR sources added.

BDR sent a protest letter to the BSF demanding a flag meeting and immediate handover of the bodies.

The incident took place a day after the BDR-BSF meeting in no man's land on Banglabandha border that agreed that none would resort to firing across the border after an incident of heavy gunfight between the two sides.