<div><font color="#3984c6"><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>India's Border Security Force (BSF) on Wednesday (January 24, 2024) handed over the body of a Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) member, who was shot by BSF members two days ago.</b></span><br></font></div><div><br></div><div>The deceased, Raisuddin, 35, was posted at the BGB-49 Battalion in Jashore.</div><div><br></div><div>Jessore 49-BGB Commanding Officer (CO) Lt. Colonel Ahmed Hasan Jamil and Assistant Director Masud Rana received the body. The body was sent to Jessore General Hospital.</div><div><br></div><div>Later, the body will be handed over to his family in Chapainawabganj.</div><div><br></div><div>The BGB member succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment in India, BGB said on Tuesday .</div><div><br></div><div>According to a BGB press release, a patrol team of BGB challenged a gang of cattle smugglers when they were intruding into Bangladesh from India, adjacent to Jhelepara post area under the Benapole upazila, around 5:30 am on Monday.</div><div><br></div><div>At one stage of the chase, the smugglers went back inside Indian territory, it reads, adding that BGB personnel Raisuddin got separated from the patrol team amid dense fog.</div><div><br></div><div>Though initially he was not found, later it was known through several sources that he was injured in BSF firing and was undergoing treatment in an Indian hospital, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>The BGB demanded proper investigation into the incident and sent a protest note to their Indian counterparts.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>