Lalmonirhat, Jan 2 (UNB) - Indian Border Security Force (BSF) gunned down a Bangladeshi cattle trader along Burimari border in Patgram upazila early Saturday.

The victim was identified as Shahajahan Ali, 30, son of Zainal of Kashirdanga village in the upazila.

Burimari BOP Camp commander Subedar Abdul Hamid said BSF troops from Changrabanda camp opened fire on Shahajahan while he went near pillar No 843. They also dragged away the body of the victim into their territory.

Meanwhile, BDR in a letter to their Indian counterparts protested the killing and asked them to return the body of Shahjahan immediately.