Villagers ‘resisted’ smugglers from Bangladesh, says MEA after Dhaka condemns death of Bangladesh citizens in Tripura

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) connected Friday (October 17, 2025) said the 3 citizens of Bangladesh who died aboriginal Wednesday greeting (October 15, 2025) successful Tripura had crossed the planetary borderline with a program to smuggle cattle and had attacked the section radical who “resisted” the intruders. The Indian effect connected the unit came aft Bangladesh issued a beardown condemnation of the killings that they said was the effect of a “mob attack”.

“Authorities rushed to the spot, wherever 2 smugglers were recovered dead; a 3rd succumbed to his injuries successful infirmary the pursuing day. The mortal remains of each 3 person been handed implicit to the Bangladesh side. Police person besides registered a case,” said Official Spokesperson of the MEA Randhir Jaiswal.

Mr. Jaiswal said the incidental took spot astir 3 kilometres wrong Indian territory, successful Bidyabil colony successful bluish Tripura. He said the smugglers attacked and injured section villagers with iron daos (machettes) and knives, and killed 1 villager, adjacent arsenic different villagers arrived and resisted the attackers.

Mr. Jaiswal said the incidental highlights the request for Bangladesh to “undertake indispensable measures to uphold the sanctity of the planetary borderline and enactment the operation of fencing wherever needed to forestall cross-border crimes and smuggling.”

The Foreign Ministry of Bangladesh had condemned the incidental and said, “This heinous enactment is unacceptable and a sedate usurpation of quality rights and the regularisation of law.” The Bangladesh authorities described the occurrence arsenic a “deplorable incident” and called for an “immediate, impartial and transparent investigation”.

The deaths of alleged cattle smugglers on the India-Bangladesh borderline continues to stay a large contented that has not reduced contempt the 2 sides ratifying the Land Boundary Agreement of 2015.

Dainik Sambad, a paper successful Tripura, has reported that intrusion from the broadside of Bangladesh has accrued successful Bidyabil country successful caller weeks and the substance is being discussed betwixt the Border Security Force of India and the Border Guards of Bangladesh.