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Kolkata, Aug 8 (PTI) A BSF jawan was shot at by smugglers on Monday evening near the Bangladesh border in West Bengal"s Nadia district, officials said.
Acting on a tip-off, a BSF team raided a house in the Chapra area where Phensedyl cough syrup bottles were stored in gunny bags, they said.
"During the search, about 15-20 smugglers opened fire on the BSF team with country-made weapons.
The BSF troopers took cover, but due to the presence of women and children in the area, they could not retaliate," the border force said in a statement.
"One BSF jawan, Satish Kumar, was injured in the firing.
He was immediately taken to a government hospital in Chapra.
Some empty cases of bullets fired by the smugglers were recovered from the spot," it said.
The armed smugglers also managed to escape, it added.
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