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Posted: Jul 18, 2008 at 1825 hrs IST

Kolkata/Berhampore, July 18: Two Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) personnel were killed and a BSF man was injured in an exchange of fire between border guards of the two countries in West Bengal's Murshidabad district early on Thursday.

District Magistrate Subir Bhadra said the BDR opened fire when cattle were being smuggled to Bangladesh near Nimtita area of the district.

The BSF retaliated after an Indian border guard was injured in the BDR firing, Bhadra said.

BSF sources said constable R K Pande received gunshot injuries in the leg and lost four fingers while he, along with 28 members of his battalion, were chasing the rustlers who were taking away cattle to Bangladesh in a boat.

The BSF seized 258 cattlehead, the sources said. A flag meeting was held in Murshidabad where the BSF lodged a formal complaint with the BDR, the sources said.

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Fire exchanged on Bangladesh border by Nachiketa on 16 Dec 2008

The way BSF acts on Bangladesh border is simply barbaric and inhuman. They regularly raid villages, do armed robbery, attack and shoot innocent civilians and BDR jawans w/o any provocation. Why were they doing deep inside Banglades border anyway?

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