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Questioning of jawans injured
in BDR attack begins

The weapons handed over by the Bangladesh Rifles to the Border Security Force for verification have been found to be that of the 16 BSF men killed in a BDR attack on April 18 in Mankachar sub-division of Assam.

The questioning of the two injured BSF jawans has also begun, BSF sources said.

Senior BSF officers in Shillong said the weapons -- 11 SLRs, four carbines, one pistol, two grenades, two wireless transmitters and a large cache of ammunition -- have been examined and verfied at Tura in Meghalaya.

The Bangladesh Rifles had handed over the weapons on Thursday at the Mankachar border outpost and BSF Commandant of 118 Bn, S K Zutshi, had received them.

Meanwhile, the two injured jawans -- Akshay Kumar and Bimal Kumar -- are being questioned about the events that led to the BDR attack.

The situation along the Assam-Meghalaya-Tripura border with Bangladesh is stated to be normal with flag meetings between the BSF and BDR being held at regular intervals.

PTI

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