Dhaka, June 12 -- A 20-year-old Bangladeshi national has been shot dead by India's Border Security Force (BSF) in Moulvibazar's Kaulaura Upazila.

The incident occurred around 7:45pm in the Duttagram area near the Sharifpur border in the Upazila, according to Lt Col Sarkar Asif Mahmud, commander of the 46 BGB Sreemangal Battalion.

The deceased has been identified as Md Mujib Ali, a local resident.

The BGB said a group of six to seven Bangladeshi "smugglers" entered Lakhairchar in India, approximately 500 yards from the border pillar 1852/5-S, with the help of Indian traffickers.

Members of the 199th Battalion BSF Lathiapura camp stopped the "smugglers" at the time. Angered by this, the Bangladeshi smugglers tried to attack the BSF pers...