Agartala, Sept 4: Tripura Police and the Border Security Force (BSF) on Tuesday formally handed over the body of a minor girl found with bullet wounds along the Indo-Bangladesh border in northern Tripura to the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) authorities.
A body of a 16-year-old girl was recovered by Tripura police and the Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday during a routine patrolling near the Laitapura Border Outpost (BOP) in Kailashahar in Tripura’s Unakoti district.
Speaking to media persons, an official said, “After the autopsy, the girl’s father from Bangladesh identified her body. We have handed over the body to BGB and Bangladesh Police.”
The girl was part of a large group of people who were trying to flee from Bangladesh and enter the Indian territory illegally on Monday.
The girl died from a bullet wound. However, on which side of the border the bullet was fired from still remains a mystery.
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