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| Seven killed in Indo-Bangladesh border guards firing | | |
Agartala, Aug 10: At least seven people, including two Indian women and five Bangladesh Rifles soldiers were killed in firing involving border guards in Lower Assam on Thursday.
The incident occurred in the border village of Kinokhal, which is near the town of Silchar, at around in 7 a.m.
"At around 22:30 hrs Wednesday, the 38 battalion of the BDR at Amalsid and Uttarkul opened unprovoked and heavy volume of fire on Indian border guards at Harinagar and Kinokhal.
The BDR used Universal Machine guns, and heavy machine guns, besides 60 mm and 82 mm mortar shells during the encounter that continued through out the night," Suresh Kumar Dutta, the Inspector General (IG) of the Border Security Force (BSF), in charge of the Tripura Mizoram and Silchar frontiers, told reporters.
"BSF troops also retaliated. At around 5.40 a.m., BDR personnel deployed at the Amalsid border outpost (BOP), started firing on the BSF BOP and at villagers staying at Tukugram and Bhanga. Two civilian ladies died and one child was seriously injured after a mortar bomb hit a house," he added.
The deceased have been identified as Shanta Dey and Sabita Dey. Both were residents of Kinokhal village.
While there has been no report of any BSF casualty, the BDR suffered five casualties when a BSF mortar landed in a BDR pit.
Tension still prevails in that area and villagers have started leaving the the village for a safer place. Meantime, a red alert has been sounded around the 4096 km Indo-Bangladesh border.
Unprovoked firing from the BDR last took place on June 28. At that time, over 200 acres of land was forcibly acquired by the BDR, but returned to the rightful owners after a flag meeting between border officers on July 4. |
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