Agartala, Aug. 9 -- A 20-year-old Bangladeshi national was found dead on Sunday after Border Security Force (BSF) personnel fired at him on Saturday at Magruli in Tripura's Unakoti district, said police.

The deceased, identified as Tara Miah was a resident of Muraicharra in Bangladesh's Moulvibazar district. Police said his body was taken to Kailasahar district hospital for a postmortem.

According to police, the Bangladeshi national, suspected of involvement in smuggling Burmese cigarettes, was allegedly carrying out smuggling activities at midnight on Saturday in the IBB area at Maguruli.

When on-duty officers spotted a group of smugglers and attempted to stop them, the smugglers allegedly tried to attack the BSF personnel. The person...