Summary:
The BSF has ordered a departmental inquiry into the killing of a student on suspicion of being a cattle smuggler at Hrishamukh area in South Tripura district on Monday. “The BSF has adopted a non-lethal policy to ensure the safety of life of even trans-border smugglers and miscreants. There will be a departmental probe,” said a BSF official. The 27-year-old youth was injured when BSF jawans resorted to firing from non-lethal weapons (pump action guns). “The injured person was evacuated to the Hrishyamukh hospital and further referred to the Sub Divisional Hospital at Belonia, where the doctor declared him dead,” said the senior BSF official..