New Delhi: After Bangladesh condemned the killing of 3 nationals in India’s Tripura, the MEA issued a statement calling them smugglers who were ‘stealing cattle’.

The incident took place Wednesday, when 3 men of Bangladeshi origin were beaten to death by residents of Bidyabil, a border village in Tripura’s Khowai district.

In a statement issued Friday, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the incident occurred about 3 km inside Indian territory. Show Full Article

“A group of three miscreants from Bangladesh crossed the international border and attempted to steal cattle from Bidyabil village,” MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said. “They attacked and injured local villagers with iron dahs (local version of cleaver) and knives and killed one villager, even as others arrived and re

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