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Dhaka lodges complaint with India
Bangladesh has lodged a formal protest with India over the shooting dead of two border guards earlier in the week, a foreign ministry statement said on Saturday.
- Reuters
- Published: 23:05 July 19, 2008
Dhaka: Bangladesh has lodged a formal protest with India over the shooting dead of two border guards earlier in the week, a foreign ministry statement said on Saturday.
Bangladesh said on Friday that two Bangladeshi troops and an Indian border guard were killed in an exchange of fire on Thursday.
But the Indian embassy in Dhaka said in a statement that one of its Border Security Forces (BSF) guards was injured in the incident.
"In a strong protest Bangladesh said the incursion and firing on Bangladesh troops were totally unacceptable and hoped that the Indian authorities will take appropriate action against those responsible and ensure that such incidents do not recur," the statement said.
The India High Commission in Dhaka rejected the allegation of an incursion on Saturday.
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