Suspected cattle smuggler shot dead by BSF at Bangladesh border

A suspected cattle smuggler was shot dead by the Border Security Force (BSF) near the Bangladesh border on Thursday.

A suspected cattle smuggler was shot dead by BSF at the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal’s Coochbehar district in the early hours of Thursday, police said.

The BSF opened fire on a group of 15-20 suspected cattle smugglers around 2.30 am in Kashimghat in Gitaldah border outpost area of Dinhata after they tried to snatch the INSAS rifles from the security personnel, police said.