2019 Bangladesh-Indian border clash

2019 Bangladesh-Indian Border Clash
Part of Deaths along the Bangladesh–India border
Date17 October 2019
Location
Bangladesh-Indian Border (Kakmarichar, Murshidabad district, West Bengal, India)
Result Indian troops retreat from the area[1]
Territorial
changes		 Status quo ante bellum
Belligerents
 Bangladesh  India
Units involved
Border Guard Bangladesh
  • 117th Battalion
Casualties and losses
None 1 killed, 1 injured[2][3][4][1][5][6]

The 2019 Bangladesh-Indian border clash was an armed skirmish between Bangladesh and India in October 2019, the skirmish took place between troops of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and the Border Security Force (BSF) on the border between the two countries.

The clash occured on 17 October 2019.[1] when a BGB personnel opened from his AK-47 rifle during a 'flag meeting' along the international border of the two countries in West Bengal.[1][7]

  1. ^ a b c d "BSF jawan killed, 1 injured in firing by Bangladeshi troops along border in West Bengal". The Economic Times. 2019-10-17. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  2. ^ "FIR against Border Guard Bangladesh over BSF jawan's killing". India Today. 2019-10-19. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  3. ^ "BSF jawan killed in firing by Bangladeshi troops along border in West Bengal". India Today. 2019-10-17. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  4. ^ "BSF jawan killed in firing, 'apparently' by Bangladesh border guards in West Bengal". The Times of India. 2019-10-17. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "BSF jawan killed, 1 injured in firing along India-Bangladesh border". Business Standard (in English and Hindi). 17 October 2019.
  7. ^ "BSF soldier shot dead by Bangladesh border guards after flag meeting". Hindustan Times. 2019-10-17. Retrieved 2024-04-29.