Indian Border Security Force (BSF) shot dead a Bangladeshi youth yesterday afternoon near Kanakata Premcharanjouth border in Tentulia upazila of Panchagarh district. The dead was identified as Sujan, 22, son of Sanaullah of Premcharanjouth village under the upazila. Quoting villagers, commanding officer of Panchagarh BGB 18-Battalion Lt Colonel Al Hakim Mohammad Nowshad told this correspondent over cellphone that three people including Sujan had gone to the Gabra River near border pillar No 38/3-S. Members of BSF of Lochugoch Camp opened fire on them around 3:45pm, leaving Sujan critically injured. The two others escaped unhurt. Soon after the incident, villagers brought Sujan to Tentulia Upazila Health Complex where the on-duty doctor declared him dead.