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Battalion intercepted the group. A scuffle reportedly broke out before BSF personnel fired two rounds of shotgun pellets, the press release said.

The injured were taken to the Bishalgarh hospital in Tripura, India, where they died while undergoing treatment, the BGB said, citing BSF authorities.

Their bodies were handed over to the BGB following a battalion-level flag meeting at the Khirnal border area of Kasba in the afternoon

Lt Col SM Shariful Islam, confirmed the matter, saying the BGB lodged a protest with the BSF over the incident.At Morsalin’s home in Dhajnagar, his father Hebju Miya said local youths had called his son out on Friday night.

“I demand a proper investigation and justice for my son’s killing. He was a college student and was supposed to sit for his HSC exams this year.”

Speaking through tears, Morsalin’s mother pleaded for the return of his body.

In Madhupur village, Nobir Hossain’s son Tapan said, “My father had been away from home since Friday evening. Later we learnt that he had been killed in BSF firing.”

According to rights organisation Ain o Salish Kendra, at least 34 Bangladeshis were killed by the BSF in 2025, including 24 in shootings and 10 allegedly due to physical torture. At least 38 others were also injured.

This year, at least five Bangladeshis have been killed by the BSF till yesterday, including three in shootings and two allegedly due to physical torture, while four others were injured.

On April 8, Ali Hossain, 49, was killed in BSF firing along the Dhabalguri border in Patgram, Lalmonirhat.

A day earlier, the BSF had expressed regret over the shooting and injuring of another Bangladeshi youth, Mizan, in the same border area.

On April 28, Zahed Ur Rahman, the prime minister’s information and broadcasting adviser, said border killings have fallen by 75 percent and that the government wants to bring it down to zero, which is possible through diplomatic efforts with neighbouring countries.

On March 1, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed said Bangladesh did not want any killings along the border and that India had also expressed sincerity on the issue after the outgoing Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma met him at his office.

Border killings were also among the key issues discussed during Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman’s visit to New Delhi last month.