An alleged smuggler became killed in an encounter with Border Security Pressure (BSF) personnel discontinuance to the worldwide border between India and Bangladesh in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district on Sunday morning.
BSF officers said a neighborhood of smugglers attacked a jawan whereas smuggling Phensedyl, following which forces retaliated. One smuggler became killed in the ensuing substitute.
The incident took bellow on Sunday morning in the bellow of Border Out Put up Sagarpara, 141 Battalion where a patrolling regain together became alert for suspicious exercise after receiving authentic inputs from the BSF’s intelligence division.
Round 3 am in the morning, troops noticed the scamper of 10-15 smugglers in the bellow, and educated the patrolling regain together. Presently afterwards, the smugglers attacked the jawans the usage of stones and dah (an edged weapon). The jawans moreover started retaliatory action.
The BSF personnel first tried to power away the smugglers with a non-lethal weapon, but when it had no attain, he became compelled to utilize his private weapon in self-defence, said a BSF officer. Shots had been fired and a smuggler became killed. The different smugglers fled below the masks of darkness, leaving their injured accomplice at the abet of.
The jawans seized 532 bottles of Phensedyl from the smugglers. The deceased smuggler has been identified as Indian nationwide Rohil Mandal, a resident of Murshidabad.