Camel smuggler killed in BSF firing

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Press Trust of India Malda(WB)
Last Updated : Jan 25 2013 | 5:33 AM IST

BSF personnel patrolling the border last night found some smugglers smuggling camel and ordered them to stop. But the smugglers instead of stopping attacked them forcing the BSF personnel to open fire in which one smuggler identified as Battu Sheikh (30) died, the sources claimed.

The other smugglers fled but the BSF personnel managed to catch eight camels, they added.

  

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First Published: Oct 14 2012 | 6:05 PM IST