DHAKA, 22 December, 2020, (TON): A Bangladeshi woman has been killed after Border Security Force (BSF) personnel opened fire to prevent an illegal immigration attempt along the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal’s Nadia district, a statement issued by the paramilitary force on Tuesday said.

BSF personnel got injured during an anti-infiltration operation along the border. According to the statement the BSF troops fired two rounds at the miscreants in self-defence.

Reportedly, the clash took place when the BSF personnel noticed that 3-4 people were trying to infiltrate into India from Bangladesh near Pakhuria border outpost on Monday.

“Some miscreants engaged the BSF troops from the western side of the village and 8-10 people came close to the border fence and started exfiltration to Bangladesh. The BSF personnel challenged them and the miscreants on both sides of the border attacked the jawans with sharp weapons and pelted them with stones,” it said.

After the miscreants fled the spot, a woman was found to have been hit by a bullet near the fence. One BSF jawan also sustained injuries on his forehead during the stone-pelting, it said.

The injured woman, identified as a Bangladeshi, was immediately shifted to a nearby hospital and later to another medical establishment, where doctors declared her dead, the statement said.

The paramilitary force has lodged an FIR further investigation.

Many Indian groups are linked with illegal immigration from Bangladesh to India. Hundreds of Bangladeshi women’s are kidnaped and smuggled to India but infiltration is also easy in these areas because of the irregular nature of border.