BSF examines returned weapons

GUWAHATI, APRIL 27. The Border Security Force is verifying and examining the weapons handed over by the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) of the 16 BSF personnel killed on April 18 at Boroibari border village in Mankachar sub-division of Assam. BSF sources from Mankachar told PTI here over telephone that the weapons have been taken to Tura in Meghalaya and ``are being examined''. The BSF is verifying whether the weapons belonged to the soldiers killed in the attack and whether they were damaged.

The BDR had handed over the weapons of the slain personnel yesterday at Mankachar border outpost and it included over 11 SLR, four carbines, one pistol, two grenades, two wireless transmitter sets and large cache of ammunition. The BSF Commandant of 118 Battalion, S.K. Zutshi, received the weapons from Col. Sadiq of BDR at Mankachar.

Meanwhile, Mankachar police said that the FIR filed by the BSF on Thursday, accusing the BDR of indulging in an international war crime by killing the 16 jawans, was ``being investigated''.

- PTI

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