Murshidabad, 15 June (H.S.): A BSF jawan shot and killed another BSF jawan in Shamsherganj, Murshidabad on Saturday evening. The deceased has been identified as Ratan Singh. Ratan's body has been sent to Jangipur Sub-divisional Hospital for postmortem. The police have arrested the accused BSF jawan. According to sources, on Saturday evening, two BSF jawans had an altercation while on duty in Shamsherganj. During that time, a BSF jawan shot his colleague Ratan. This incident created a stir in the Paharghati area of Shamsherganj. Ratan, who was injured by the bullet, was admitted to Anupnagar Hospital in critical condition. From there, he was taken to Jangipur Sub-divisional Hospital. Ratan died during treatment there.

Notably, due to the Waqf movement, additional BSF jawans have been deployed in Shamsherganj. The duo were on duty there at night. According to sources, the firing took place due to a dispute between them. Although there was no response from the BSF till the time of filing of the news, a senior officer of the Jangipur district police accepted the truth of the incident.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Priyanka Pandey