New Delhi, Jul 8 (UNI) In the intervening night of July 7and 8, a Border Security Force trooper was injured by some Bangladeshi cattle smugglers and in self defence, the trooper fired them, killing one, an official statement said here on Monday.
According to the BSF, a force party, while performing ambush cum patrol in the area of responsibility of Sector-Malda (West Bengal), observed some suspected movement of 25-30 smugglers with cattle on Indian side and 20-25 smugglers on Bangladesh side.
They aggressively advanced towards the patrol party and threw high intensity torch light on party, the border guarding force official said.