BSF jawan killed in border firing

MALDA: A BSF jawan was killed and a villager seriously injured in firing between BDR and BSF on the Indo-Bangla border in Malda on Wednesday.
According to BSF sources, BDR started the firing ��� unprovoked ��� at Milik Sultanpur village under Kaliachak Block III around 5 am. Sudarshan Keji, the jawan of 123 battalion was shot in the back and died instantly.A villager, Anil Mandal, who went to work in the field, was injured in the leg by a bullet. Keji���s body will be taken to Kerala, from where he hailed, on Thursday. Mandal has been hospitalised, J P Yadav, a BSF jawan, said. BSF DIG Dilbar Singh Siddhu said, ���BDR fired at least 30 rounds while we fired 15 rounds.���
In another incident, 15-year-old Shilajit Mondal died in hospital after being shot by a BSF jawan in Murshidabad early on Wednesday. The incident occurred at the Char-Rajanagar border outpost under Raninagar police station. The boy, a resident of Paschim Colony under Raninagar police station, died at hospital.
Villagers said around Wednesday noon, Shilajit was going to work when two BSF jawans of 90 battalion allegedly blocked his path and asked him the names of smugglers staying in his village. The boy said he did not know any smuggler. But the jawans, apparently not satisfied with his answer, started beating him up. Some villagers rushed to the boy���s aid. Soon, a quarrel broke out and a BSF jawan allegedly fired at Shilajit���s back.
After the boy was hospitalised, villagers attacked a jawan with daggers. Senior officials from Domkal subdivision restored peace in the area after holding talks with BSF officers and villagers.