The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) handed over the body of Bangladeshi teenager Jayanta Kumar Singh on Wednesday (September 11) morning after a company commander flag meeting.

Jayanta killed in BSF firing along the Kantivita border in Thakurgaon's Baliadangi upazila on Monday.

The meeting was held at the zero line on the Kantivita border around 2:00am between the two border security agencies.

Md Mozammel Haque, company commander of Dhantala BGB outpost led the Bangladeshi side while Santos Singh, a company commander of BSF, led the Indian side.

Following the meeting, the Officer-in-Charge of Islampur Police Station in Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal handed over the body to Dibakar Odhikari, the inspector of Baliadangi Police Station.

Police later handed the body over to the deceased's family.

BDST: 1605 HRS, SEPT 11, 2024
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