A Bangladeshi young man was beaten to death allegedly by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) troops on Putkhali border in Sharsha upazila in early hours of Monday.
The deceased was identified as Sirajul Islam, 25, a cattle trader, also a resident of Jhikargachha upazila headquarters.
BGB 23 Battalion commanding officer lieutenant colonel Mostafizur Rahman said Sirajul was brutally beaten by the BSF members of Angrail camp, leaving him severely injured at at about 4:00am, when he was returning with cattle from the Indian side with other cattle traders.
Sirajul was rescued by the cattle traders who were taking him home along the Putkhali border where he succumbed to his injuries in early hours of Monday.
Benapole Port Police officer-in-charge Apurba Hasan said police recovered the body on information.