India, Aug. 4 -- A first information report (FIR) was registered on Monday in connection with the death of a 45-year-old man in Assam's Cachar district after his family claimed he was beaten by the Border Security Force (BSF) personnel, a charge that the border guarding force has denied.

Cachar senior superintendent of police Numal Mahatta said the FIR has been registered on the complaint of the deceased's family and a probe is underway. "The family claims Nirmal Namasudra was tortured to death. However, BSF maintains they found him in an inebriated state and rescued him. We are investigating all angles," Mahatta said.

Mahatta said he had visited the district's Katigorah area near the India-Bangladesh border and spoken with senior BSF o...