Indian Border Security Force reportedly shot a Bangladeshi to death at 24 Parganas of West Bengal early Sunday.
The deceased is Obaidur Rahman, 37, son of Hanif Mondol from Gopalpur village in Maheshpur upazila of bordering Jhenaidah district.
A group of seven to eight people from Gopalpur reportedly crossed into India on Saturday night and they encountered BSF members at about 1:30am, who allegedly opened fire on them. While most of the group managed to flee back into Bangladesh, Obaidur and another could not, locals said.
Later, the BSF members reportedly detained Obaidur, subjected him to torture and then gunned him down, according to information trickling down from across the border.
In the morning, local residents in Madhupur, 24 Parganas, spotted the body, and Indian police from the Bagda police station subsequently recovered it.
Yasmin Monira, upazila nirbahi officer of Maheshpur, said that she was informed by the Border Guard Bangladesh about the body lying on Indian soil.
Lieutenant Colonel Rafiqul Alam, commandant of the Maheshpur-58 BGB Battalion, said that a body was found on the Indian side, but it was still not clear whether the deceased was Bangladeshi or Indian.
The body was recovered by Indian police and the whereabouts of the missing person remained unknown.