Cattle Smuggler Killed, BSF Jawan Injured In Gunfight Along Indo-Bangladesh Border In Assam

The incident took place along with Indio-Bangladesh international border.

The incident took place when alleged cattle smugglers were purportedly trying to cross the international border with cattle.

The cattle smugglers allegedly opened fire on BSF personnel when being challenged.

The BSF sources have said that the rest of the smugglers flee from the spot.

The deceased smuggler has been identified as 23-year-old Md Mondal was a resident of Mondal Para in Mankachar police station area.

Earlier, in a special operation, a team of Chhaygaon police, led by officer in-charge Kapil Pathak, nabbed three cattle smugglers who were transporting 10 cattle illegally on Wednesday. They have been identified as Rafiqul Miya (25), son of Dhola Miya from Champupara village, Devaraj Das (20), son of Kalicharan Das from Chamaria under Boko constituency and Mahibul Islam (30), son of Md. Naimuddin from Bbulukabari village under Chhaygaon constituency. Police sources said that a TATA Xenon vehicle (AS-01-KC-1823) was also seized.

On the other hand, the Chhaygaon police nabbed three cattle smugglers who were transporting nine cattle illegally on Tuesday morning. The three smugglers have been identified as Samad Ali (37) from Andhetari village under Boko constituency, Saiful Islam (27) from Tukrapara village under Chhaygaon constituency and Salimuddin (26) from Tukrapara village under Chhaygaon constituency. They were travelling from Boko to Ukiam in a Tata Xenon vehicle (AS-25-CC-5929).

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