Kanchanpur, 19/8: A BSF jawan was killed in a fierce gunbattle with suspected NLFT militants at the India-Bangladesh border in North Tripura’s Kanchanpur sub-division on Friday.
The jawan, identified as Grijesh Kumar of BSF’s 145 Battalion, sustained four bullet wounds during the gunfight.
A BSF team was on area domination operation at Sima-II border outpost area in Kanchanpur subdivision when the firing started from the militants’ side, the officials told PTI.