Kolkata, November 12 : , Three people were killed by the Border Security Forces (BSF) in Kolkata on Friday.They included one Indian and two Bangladeshis.
The three victims are believed to have been cattle smugglers.Kolkata, November 12, : Three persons were shot and killed Friday by Border Security Forces in Kolkata.Though BSF claimed that they had to open fire following the aggressive attitude of the intruders, the incident triggered political controversy and Trinamool Congress alleged that the killing was a result of the high-handed attitude of the BSF.Although the BSF stated that they were forced to fire on the intruders because of their aggressive behavior, it sparked political debate.Trinamool Congress claimed that the BSF’s high-handed approach was responsible for the death.While the BSF claims that they opened fire because of aggressive intruders’ behavior, this incident caused political turmoil.
Trinamool Congress asserted that the BSF was wrong to claim that the murder was the result of its high-handed tactics.
The issue fuelled the controversy of the Centre’s recent decision to extend the jurisdiction of the BSF from 15 km to 50 km.This controversy prompted the recent Centre decision to increase the BSF’s jurisdiction from 15 to 50 kilometers.The controversy over this issue led to the Centre’s decision to expand the BSF jurisdiction to between 15 and 50 km.
However, in a statement on Friday’s incident, the BSF said a soldier was also injured in the incident.The BSF stated that a soldier suffered injuries in Friday’s incident.
In a statement, however, Friday’s incident was addressed by the BSF.It stated that another soldier had been injured.
“On Friday, at around 3 a.m., miscreants from the Bangladesh side ventured into Indian territory and tried to smuggle cattle heads by establishing improvised bamboo cantilever.”Friday, around 3:00 a.m.on Friday, miscreants of Bangladesh entered Indian territory to try and smuggle cattle head by setting up an improvised bamboo canopy.”On Friday at 3 AM, miscreants from Bangladesh tried to smuggle cattle heads into India by creating an improvised cantilever out of bamboo.BSF domination ahead of the fence warned them to go back, but miscreants didn’t pay heed to BSF warning (sic),” the statement said.
BSF didmination before the fence told them to return, but the miscreants ignored the warnings (sic).BSF Domination warned them that they should return to the border, but the statement stated that the miscreants did not heed the BSF warning.
It added that the troops resorted to non-lethal ammunition but the duo allegedly attacked the soldiers with iron dha (a kind of sharp weapon), a type of knife, and sticks.The troops used non-lethal ammunition, but they resorted instead to iron dha (a sharp weapon), knives and sticks.
They also said that troops used non-lethal weapons, while the two men allegedly attacked soldiers with iron dah (a type of sharp weapon) and knives.
“Sensing imminent threat to life, the BSF party fired in the air towards miscreants.The BSF party opened fire on miscreants after recognizing an imminent danger to their lives.”Sensing an imminent threat to its life, the BSF party launched an attack on the miscreants.Later on search, dead bodies of two unknown miscreants were found between the border fence and the international boundary,” the BSF statement said.Two bodies belonging to unknown criminals were later found dead between the international border and the border fence, according to a BSF statement.
The BSF statement stated that two bodies of unknown miscreants, both dead, were discovered between the border fence’s international boundary.
On Friday, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla held talks with the West Bengal government officials including Chief Secretary HK Diwedi over the issues of border fencing and land acquisition along the border.
Ajay Bhalla, Union Home Secretary met with West Bengal officials and Chief Secretary HK Diwedi on Friday to discuss issues related to border fencing as well as land acquisition.Ajay Bhag, Union Home Secretary, met Friday with West Bengal Chief Secretary HK Diwedi to discuss the issue of land acquisition and fencing along the border.
Meanwhile, the region where the firing incident took place remains tense as various intrusions have been intercepted by the BSF in the last few months.The area where the incident occurred remains in tension as several intrusions were intercepted by BSF over the past few months.
Meanwhile, tensions remain in the area of the shooting incident.Several intrusions that were made into the area by the BSF have been stopped over the course of the last months.
Though the identity of the two Bangladeshis is yet to be known, the Indian person was identified as Prakash Burman who is a resident of Sat Bhandari village.Although the identities of both Bangladeshis are still unknown, Prakash Burman from India was identified as the Indian resident at Sat Bhandari village.
The identities of the Bangladeshis involved are not known but Prakash Burman, an Indian citizen living in Sat Bhandari village was named as Prakash Burman.
“He was called at the dead of the night by some people and he went out.He was called by some people at night and went outside.Some people called him at midnight and sent him out.He didn’t tell us where he was going and, in the morning, we came to know that he was killed in BSF firing,” a relative of Burman said.”He didn’t inform us of his destination and we learned in the morning that he had been killed by BSF firing.” Burman was referring to a family member.We didn’t know where he was heading and in the morning we found out that he was shot in BSF firing”, a Burman relative said.
Friday’s incident in Cooch Behar also took a political turn when Trinamool Congress MLA Jagadish Basuniya blamed it on the extension of BSF jurisdiction.Friday’s incident at Cooch Behar took on a political dimension when Trinamool Congress MLA Jagadish Basuniya attributed it to the expansion of BSF jurisdiction.Friday’s incident occurred in Cooch Behar and was also politicized by Trinamool Congress MLA Jagadish Basuniya, who blamed the incident on BSF expansion.
“This happened because jurisdiction of the BSF has been increased…This was due to the increased jurisdiction of BSF.The BSF’s jurisdiction has increased.The BSF is supposed to fire rubber bullets first.
BSF should fire rubber bullets in the first place.BSF are supposed to shoot rubber bullets first.
But in this case, they did not do so,” the MLA said.However, in this instance they didn’t do so,” said the MLA.The MLA stated that they failed to do so in this particular case.
Cooch Behar is the Lok Sabha constituency of Minister of State for Home Nisith Pramanik.
Cooch Behar, the Lok Sabha constituency for Minister of State at Home Nisith Paramanik is located in Cooch Behar.Cooch Behar represents the Lok Sabha Constituency of Minister for State for Home Nisith Paramanik.
Alleging that the BSF is hand in glove with the smugglers and infiltrators, Guha said, “They have a fencing in Coochbehar which is secure and hard to cross.Guha claimed that the BSF works hand-in-glove with the infiltrators and smugglers.
Guha stated that BSF agents are working hand in glove to infiltrators as well as smugglers.They only open the gates three times for an hour each time.
The gates are only opened three times per hour.Each hour, they only open the gates for three hours.Now in this condition, how can infiltrators enter without their help?In this situation, it is difficult to imagine how infiltrators could enter the country without their assistance.How can they allow intruders to enter in such a situation? The central government should try to control its forces first without trying to overstep into the jurisdiction of the state,” MLA of Dinhata in Coochbehar said.”The central government must first control its own forces without trying to get into the territory of the state,” said MLA Dinhata of Coochbehar.According to MLA Dinhata, Coochbehar, the central government should first try to control their forces and not attempt to extend its jurisdiction to the state #cattle #smugglers
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