India, March 1 -- A Border Security Force (BSF) personnel and a Bangladeshi smuggler sustained injuries during a clash at Putia in Sepahijala district of Tripura on Friday evening.

BSF stated that the on-duty BSF personnel noticed a group of 20-25 Bangladeshi miscreants intruding the state through Putia for smuggling along with some Indian miscreants on Friday.

As the BSF cautioned them, the miscreants attacked them twice and tried to snatch their weapons leaving one BSF jawan injured. The BSF jawan fired one round of PAG (non-lethal weapon) as self-defence that injured one Bangladeshi smuggler.

Both of them were shifted to a hospital for treatment.

"When cautioned by BSF patrol party, they attacked the party in which one BSF jawan go...