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BDR, BSF call peace Another gunned down in Kushtia

Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi
The two-day border skirmish at Bholahat in Chapainawabganj ended yesterday in a "successful and cordial" regional flag meeting between Indian Border Security Force (BSF) and Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), while one Bangladeshi was gunned down by the BSF members on Kushtia-Daulatpur border early yesterday.
The one and a half hours special meeting reached an agreement on three points--cease firing, withdrawal of the forces and munitions from both sides of the border, and stoppage of dumping sandbags and concrete blocks within 150 yards of the zeroline on both sides.
Rajshahi BDR Sector Commander Colonel Rezanur Rahman Khan and Indian Malda BSF Deputy Inspector General Opi Gour met near the Indian Muchia BSF camp at 10:00am.
The meeting decided that as per the previous Joint River Commission (JRC) rules, both the sides will not dump sandbags or construct anything within 150 yards from the zero line, Major Ahmedul Islam, a BDR spokesperson said.
In case of bank protection work outside the 150-yard restricted area, one should be careful so that the flow of riveris not changed, he explained.
The meeting took place against the backdrop of two days of gun battle that erupted Friday as the BSF tried to drop sandbags on Indian Mahananda riverbank violating previous agreement.
The BDR did not allow the work, but the Indians still continued with their
enterprise, causing the gunfight that left one person injured and a two-day deadlockin the area.
Soon after the meeting ended at around 11:30am, both sides started withdrawing forces deployed along some 10 kilometres of the border areas, BDR sources said.
"The situation is changing for the good," said 28 Rifles Battalion Deputy Assistant Director Belal Uddin.
Water Development Board Superintendent Engineer Abdul Mannan and Executive Engineer Nazmul Haque accompanied the BDR zonal chief as his technical advisors on behalf of the JRC, but they did not attend the meeting.
BDNews adds: Azizul Haque, son of Shahabuddin of Adabari Dharmadah village of Daulatpur, was hit by bullets fired by the BSF members and died on the spot.
An Indian citizen Biswanath also received bulletinjuries in the incident.
The BSF took the body of Azizul and wounded Biswanath to Indian territories.
The BDR at a company commander-level meeting Sunday noon urged the BSF to hand over the body which thelatter refused to comply.
It was learnt that the BDR might send a letter to the BSF urging them to hold a meeting at the sector commander level.
A tense situation was prevailing in the bordering areas.