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BSF Jawan Drowns While A Chasing Smuggler Near Bangladesh Border

BSF Jawan Drowns While Chasing A Smuggler Near Bangladesh Border
BASTAR, INDIA - NOVEMBER 11: Paramilitary police guards a polling booth during the first phase of assembly elections of Chhattisgarh at Jagadalpur on November 11, 2013 in Bastar, India. The Election Commission in Delhi said that 67 per cent turnout was witnessed in the first phase of Assembly polls in eight Naxal-hit districts in Chhattisgarh. A total of fourteen encounters between security forces and Naxalite groups took place today in which a CRPF personnel was killed. (Photo by Parwaz Khan/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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BASTAR, INDIA - NOVEMBER 11: Paramilitary police guards a polling booth during the first phase of assembly elections of Chhattisgarh at Jagadalpur on November 11, 2013 in Bastar, India. The Election Commission in Delhi said that 67 per cent turnout was witnessed in the first phase of Assembly polls in eight Naxal-hit districts in Chhattisgarh. A total of fourteen encounters between security forces and Naxalite groups took place today in which a CRPF personnel was killed. (Photo by Parwaz Khan/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

BALURGHAT — A BSF jawan allegedly drowned while swimming in a bid to catch a smuggler at Hili near Bangladesh border in South Dinajpur district today.

A BSF sector commander ranked official said Prashanta Roy drowned when he was swimming to get hold of a smuggler, who jumped into a local river which separates the two countries.

As Roy raised an alarm, local people and jawans dived into the river and brought him up.

However, he was declared dead at Balurghat Hospital.

The rifle of the jawan, from which he had fired one shot during the chase, was also recovered from the water, the official said.

Roy hailed from neighbouring Alipurduar district.

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