A Bangladeshi youth named Minhaj Uddin, aged 25, was shot dead by members of the Khasi community near the Goainghat border in Sylhet early Saturday. The incident occurred around 3 a.m. near Lakhkat station in Meghalaya, India. Minhaj, a resident of Bhadeshwar village in West Jaflong Union, reportedly used to bring goods from India for sale in Bangladesh. It remains unclear why he had crossed the border at the time of the shooting.

Local sources said Minhaj entered Indian territory through the Sonarhat-Lakhkat border when the Khasi group opened fire, hitting him. Police and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) were informed after the incident. Goainghat police visited the site and sent the body to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital morgue for legal procedures.

According to the Sylhet Battalion (48 BGB) commander, preliminary findings suggest Minhaj had entered about one kilometer inside India for an unspecified purpose. BGB has since increased patrols and surveillance in the border area, and an investigation is underway.