Bangladesh nationals in the Dhabolguri bordering area under Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat district on Tuesday resisted the Indian Border Security Force’s attempt to seize cows of Bangladeshis along the border. 

Locals said that the cows that had been grazing in Bangladesh territory entered Indian territory adjacent to the international main pillar number 873 of the Dhabolguri border in Jongra union of Patgram upazila.

At that time, BSF members tried to take the cows away, but the Bangladeshis resisted the attempt, they said, and added that tension grew in the area as a number of Indians, armed with sticks, arrived there.

The members of the Border Guard Bangladesh, upon receiving the news, reached the spot and calmed the locals.

The BSF members then left the spot.

Jongra union council member for ward number 8, Nazrul Islam, said that there was an altercation between Bangladeshis and BSF members over the capture of the cows.

He said that the members of the BGB immediately rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control.

The 61st BGB battalion commander, Lieutenant Colonel Fazle Munim, said, ‘There was a ‘slight misunderstanding’, and it has been resolved. The situation is normal now.’