Cops say 3 killed during BSF op in Bengal, differs with paramilitary force on fatality count

Police say three persons, including two Bangladeshi nationals, were killed along the Indo-Bangla border on Friday. The BSF, however, asserted that only two people were shot dead.

Three persons, including two Bangladeshi nationals, were killed along the Indo-Bangla border in Cooch Behar district of West Bengal on Friday during an operation by the BSF to thwart an alleged cattle smuggling bid, the police said.

The BSF, however, asserted that two Bangladeshis were shot dead at Sitai in Coochbehar district in the early hours of Friday after they attacked a patrol party that stopped them from smuggling cattle, and there was "no clarity on the death of a third person".