Indian Border Security Force shot one more Bangladesh national near Kantivita border under Baliadangi upazila in Thakurgaon district on Monday.
The deceased, Jayanta Kumar Sinha, 15, son of Mahadev Kumar Singh of Fakirvita Belpukur under the upazila, is the second Bangladeshi victim of border killing by BSF members within eight days.
With the two, a total of five Bangladeshis were killed by the members of BSF in different bordering areas since the present interim government assumed power on August 8.
Baliadangi Police Station officer-in-charge Firoz Kabir said that the incident occurred inside Indian territory, about 100 yards from the border line at Kantivita, at about 4:00am.
He said that the victim鈥檚 father and another man, Darbar Ali, received bullets during the firing by BSF members.
Quoting the local people, OC Firoz said that members of Dingapara BSF camp opened fire on a group of 16 people when they were entering India illegally.
鈥楯ayanta died on the spot after receiving bullets. His father Mahadev and their companion Darbar suffered bullet injuries,鈥� he said.
He said that the injured ones were undergoing treatment at a hospital in Rangpur.
The OC said that the other members of the group managed to escape unhurt. 鈥楾hey left the body there and managed to take injured Mahadev and Darbar back to Bangladesh territory.鈥�
He said that Jayanta鈥檚 body was in BSF custody.
Lieutenant Colonel Tanjir Ahmed, commandant of Border Guard Bangladesh-50 Battalion in Thakurgaon, said that they were in touch with the BSF to bring the body back.
On September 1, Swarna Das, 13, was killed in BSF firing near Lalarchak bordering area under Kulaura Upazila in Moulvibazar.
On October 5, Bangladesh lodged a formal protest to India on the killing of Shwarna.
A report by Manobadhikar Shongskriti Foundation, a rights organisation in Bangladesh, revealed that at least three Bangladeshis were killed by BSF between Augst 12 and August 31.
At least 1,236 Bangladeshis were killed and 1,145 injured in the shooting by the Indian border force between 2000 and 2020, according to rights organisation Odhikar.
Bangladesh and India share a 4,096-kilometre international border, the fifth-longest land border in the world, comprising 262km with the Indian state of Assam, 856km with Tripura, 318km with Mizoram, 443km with Meghalaya, and 2,217km with West Bengal.