Dhaka, Oct. 18 -- The minister made the remarks during an event at the National Press Club on Friday.

He said the firing occurred when BSF troops crossed the border following the apprehension of an Indian fisherman by BGB for violating the ongoing ban on hilsa fishing in the Padma River and began to head back without a holding flag meeting.

According to the BGB, the border guards tried to catch three fishermen during a drive on the river in the presence of a fisheries department official .

They detained one of them with nets while the two others fled. Four BSF troopers then illegally crossed the border to rescue the fishermen.

But when the BGB offered to discuss the fisherman's release at a flag meeting, the BSF men opened fire in a b...