Bangladesh home minister on Friday said the chiefs of the border forces of his country and India were holding talks to resolve the "misunderstanding" over an "unfortunate event" that killed a BSF jawan even as two cases have been filed against an Indian fisherman.
In a first of its kind incident, the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) guards opened fire at a Border Security Force (BSF) team on Thursday, killing a jawan after a 'flag meeting' along the Indo-Bangla riverine frontier in West Bengal. A second jawan was also injured in the firing incident, Indian officials said.
"This was an unexpected incident. The relationship between BGB and BSF is fantastic. We are all shocked by this sudden incident," Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said at the Jatiya Press Club here.
"This was an unfortunate event, which should not affect the cordial relationship between Bangladesh and India," he said.
"The directors general of BGB and BSF are having discussions over the misunderstanding. .
