Mar 01, 2025 04:49 PM IST
BSF acknowledged that the on-duty BSF personnel observed a gaggle of 20-25 Bangladeshi miscreants intruding the state by means of Putia for smuggling together with some Indian miscreants on Friday
AGARTALA: A Border Safety Pressure (BSF) personnel and a Bangladeshi smuggler sustained accidents throughout a conflict at Putia in Sepahijala district of Tripura on Friday night.
Tripura has 856 km of worldwide border with Bangladesh, most of which is roofed by barbed wire fence, however a number of patches are nonetheless unfenced. (Representational picture)
BSF acknowledged that the on-duty BSF personnel observed a gaggle of 20-25 Bangladeshi miscreants intruding the state by means of Putia for smuggling together with some Indian miscreants on Friday.
Because the BSF cautioned them, the miscreants attacked them twice and tried to grab their weapons leaving one BSF jawan injured. The BSF jawan fired one spherical of PAG (non-lethal weapon) as self-defence that injured one Bangladeshi smuggler.
Each of them have been shifted to a hospital for therapy.
“When cautioned by BSF patrol party, they attacked the party in which one BSF jawan got seriously injured. Subsequently, again the party was attacked and miscreants tried to snatch BSF personnel’s weapons. In order to protect his own life, BSF jawan fired one round of PAG (non lethal) self defence. Resultantly Bangladesh national got injured and he has been evacuated to hospital and is undergoing treatment. Our jawan is also in hospital undergoing treatment,” mentioned a press communique launched by BSF.
Earlier this January, a workforce of on-duty BSF was attacked by a gaggle of Bangladeshi smugglers close to India-Bangladesh worldwide border beneath Magroli in Tripura’s Unakoti district, nevertheless, nobody was injured from both facet within the incident.
Earlier in March final yr, a Bangladeshi smuggler was killed and two BSF personnel sustained accidents throughout a conflict in Magroli.
Tripura has 856 km of worldwide border with Bangladesh, most of which is roofed by barbed wire fence, however a number of patches are nonetheless unfenced.
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