BRAHMANBARIA, May 5, 2025 (BSS) – A Bangladeshi youth was shot dead by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Madla border under Kasba upazila of the district.

The deceased was identified as Shakib, 17, son of Motaleb Hossain, a resident of Madla Guchchagram (Cluster village) in Bayek union of the upazila.

Shakib died this morning while undergoing treatment at Cumilla Medical College Hospital.

The firing incident took place on the border area on Sunday night. An Indian citizen named Sujan Barman, 35, was also shot and injured.

Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Kasba Police Station Abdul Kader said that a Bangladeshi youth named Shakib and an Indian citizen were shot by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on the Madla border in Kasba upazila at midnight on Sunday.

The locals sent the injured Shakib to Cumilla and the Indian national to Dhaka, he said. 

Kasba Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Md. Samiul Islam said that Shakib went to the Madla border on Sunday night to bring a stolen motorcycle through an Indian youth Sujon.

At that time, BSF members patrolling the border opened fire on them. Sujon and Shakib were shot. Later, Shakib was taken to Cumilla Medical College Hospital in a critical condition, where he died while undergoing treatment on Monday morning. His body has been brought to his home.