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Border Security Force (BSF)
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BSF troops foiled a major cattle smuggling operation on the Indo-Bangladesh border. Animal smugglers tried to take animals from India to Bangladesh. When the soldier tried to stop them, the smugglers attacked the soldier with a sharp weapon. The soldier somehow saved his life and fired in self-defense, killing a cattle rustler. The deceased smuggler has been identified as Bangladeshi.
DIG AK Arya, spokesman of South Bengal Border, said that the soldiers of Itaghati border post (Malda district) of 159 battalion of Border Security Force under South Bengal border received information that some cattle smugglers might try to take the cattle from India to Bangladesh. the mother. On the night of April 2, around 10:00 p.m., the first ACS duty personnel were in their patrol area. Suddenly he saw a suspicious movement of about 8-10 cattle smugglers with 6 to 7 cattle on the border road towards India. They had sticks and sharp weapons (dah) and swords.
Aryeh said that upon seeing the suspicious activity, the soldier ran towards the rioters and called them to stop. Instead of stopping, the cattle smugglers moved aggressively towards the jawan. At that moment, 20 to 25 smugglers from Bangladesh arrived at the scene. An attempt was made to render the jawan blind and ineffective by shining lights on his face and eyes. The smugglers started moving towards the jawans, again warning them to stop but they did not stop. The soldier fired three bullets in the air and three bullets on the ground. But the smugglers continued to surround the soldier and the smugglers got very close to the soldier.