Bangladeshi farmer injured in BSF firing in Jhenaidah border

A Bangladeshi farmer named Riaz (20) seriously wounded in BSF firing at Moheshpur border of Jhenaidah on Thursday night (May 1).

The victim is a resident of Pipulbaria village under Moheshpur upazila.

Sources said that the rainwater stuck in his land due to sudden rain on Thursday night. Riaz went to the field to drain the water. The land is close to the international border.

Meanwhile, the BSF members from the Indian Kusumpur camp opened fire when he was working on the land, leaving him bullet injured. He was taken to Jashore Hospital first then shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

Maheshpur BGB-58 Battalion Commander Lt. Col. Rafiqul Alam said we have not received any information yet in this regard.