Indian Border Security Force (BSF) gunned down a Bangladeshi youth along Azmatpur frontier in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj on Wednesday.(The Daily Star)

The victim was identified as Durul Huda, 22, son of one Jalal Uddin alias Guhu of Azmatpur village in the upazila, reports our Chapainawabganj correspondent.

The BSF troops of Swasani camp of 125 BSF Battalion in Pashchimbanga opened fire on Durul around 4:00am while he was returning home with smuggled goods, said Maj Sheikh Mizanur Rahman, acting commanding officer of 9 Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Battalion in Chapainawabganj.

Locals rushed bullet-hit Durul to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries around 10:00am.

On information, Rajshahi police sent the body to the hospital morgue for autopsy.

Earlier on April 4, the BSF members shot dead Ruhul Amin, a cattle trader, at Shingnagar frontier in the same upazila.