[Bangla Daily Star] A company commander of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) was injured yesterday as Indian Border Security Force (BSF) opened fire on a BDR patrol team near Taluigachha border under Sadar upazila in Satkhira.BDR and BSF traded gunfire following the incident at Laxmidari border under Sadar upazila. Injured BDR company commander Nayek Subedar Shamim Reja of Taluigachha company was taken to Satkhira Sadar Hospital in a critical condition. Later he was moved to Jessore Combined Military Hospital as his condition deteriorated, hospital sources said.
Sources said the incident happened as a BDR patrol team led by Nayek Subedar Shamim chased a group of smugglers who were trying to enter Bangladesh territory with smuggled goods from India. BSF men of Amudia camp under Swarupnagar police station of India, opposite Taluigachha camp under Sadar upazila, opened fire indiscriminately on BDR patrol team while it reached Kamarbari area. The incident left the BDR man Shamim Reja seriously injured as he received bullet in his left hand.
Gunfire between BDR and BSF continued for half an hour from 7:45am to 8:15am at Taluigachha border, sources added. Mahbube Rashid, deputy assistant director of 41 Rifles Battalion, told the Daily Star that they sent a protest letter condemning the BSF attack on BDR men.