THAKURGAON, Sept 13, 2024 (BSS) - The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Rangpur
Region and the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) North Bengal Frontier held
a courtesy meeting at the Banglabandha-Phulbari ICP on the Bangladesh-India
border around 12pm on Thursday, said a BGB release here today.

At the meeting, BGB strongly protested and condemned the killings at the
border while a 15-year old Bangladeshi youth Jayanta Kumar Singh was shot
dead by BSF at Baliadangi point here on September 9, BGB's Thakurgaon Sector
Commander Colonel Muhammad Towhidur Rahman confirmed it last night.

In response to the meeting, Inspector General (IG) of BSF North Bengal
Frontier Shri Surya Kumar Sharma expressed regret for the unexpected incident
by the BSF and assured the BGB delegation that the BSF would not open fire on
any Bangladeshi citizens at the border areas in future, the BGB official
added.

The meeting was also attended, among others, by Rangpur Region Commander of
the BGB Brigadier General Khandaker Shafiquzzaman, Deputy Inspector Generals
(DIGs) of the Siliguri and Kishanganj Sectors and other BGB and BSF
officials.

Both the paramilitary forces also agreed to work jointly on curbing cross-
border crimes, preventing illegal border crossing and raising awareness among
the citizens of both the countries residing in the border areas.