Border Security Force (BSF) personnel on Wednesday killed one cattle smuggler at Gayeshpur in India-Bangladesh border in Dinajpur district of West Bengal.
BSF personnel said they were chasing cattle smugglers and shot at them after they started pelting stones.
"They were trying to cut the temporary fence, our soldiers tried to stop them but these smugglers started to pelt stones on them," said Company Commandant, 75 battalion, Border Security Force, R Muthukrishnan.
After an incident, the BSF and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) officials conducted a flag meet, during which BGB identified the deceased smuggler from Bangladesh.
