A Bangladeshi family suffered harassment at the hands of Indian border guards who entered their frontier home while chasing drug smugglers, border officials said yesterday.

The incident occurred on Thursday night at the Phulbari border of Uttar Kuthi Chandrakhana in Kurigram Sadar.

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Local villager Rafiqul Islam said BSF members forcibly entered the house despite him saying that no smuggler was there. They misbehaved with him and his family members.

However, BSF members told Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at a flag meeting yesterday that they entered Bangladesh by mistake while chasing smugglers in the darkness.

Lalmonirhat-15 BGB Battalion Commander Lt Col SM Touhidul Alam PAC said the situation was brought under control after the flag meeting.

The BSF guards have admitted their wrongdoing, he said.



Kurigram Border: BSF enters Bangladesh, chasing smugglers
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