Man injured by BSF on Putkhali border

A man was injured in an attack by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in Putkhali border area here early Thursday. The victim was identified as Ariful Islam Arif, son of Golam Ali, a resident of Shibnathpur Baropota in Benapole port. Officer-in-charge Apurba Hasan of Benapole Port Police Station said the BSF members caught Arif while a group of cattle traders along with Arif was returning to the country along with cattle through the border area at about 4:30 am.The BSF members beat Arif indiscriminately, leaving him critically injured. Later, associates of Arif rescued him and took him to Jessore Medical College Hospital. -UNB, Benapole