The body of a Bangladeshi farmer, who was shot dead by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) near the Jhajhadanga border in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga, was handed over to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Tuesday, almost a week after the incident.
The deceased was identified as Ibrahim Babu, 28, son of Md Nur Islam of Jhajhadanga village.
The body was handed over around 8:45pm through a flag meeting between the two border forces at the Darshana border, said Major Asif, deputy commander of BGB’s 6th Battalion.
Company commanders from the 6th BGB Battalion’s Darshana unit and the 32nd BSF Battalion’s Gede unit were present during the flag meeting.
Police from Krishnanagar Police Station in India’s Nadia district handed over the body to Darshana Police Station, said its officer-in-charge (OC) Md Shahid Titumir.
“After completing legal formalities, the body was handed over to the victim’s family,” the OC added.
On July 3, Ibrahim Babu had gone near border pillar no 79 in Jhajhadanga to collect grass for his cattle when BSF personnel opened fire on him. Eyewitnesses said he died on the spot.
