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 BengalFrontier 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.