<p>A BSF jawan drowned in the river Padma near the Bangladesh border while chasing cow smugglers.</p>.<p>The incident which took place on Thursday in Murshidabad district of West Bengal was announced by the South Bengal Frontier authorities of BSF on Monday.</p>.<p>“During the operation, constable Debashis Roy who was part of the ACP party played a very active role in the operation without taking care of his life... During the chase he ran behind the smugglers and jumped into Padma to catch them,” stated a BSF release. </p>.<p>It also stated that after jumping into the river, Roy got stuck in the mud and drowned.</p>.<p>The incident took place after a BSF patrol party noticed that a group of cow smugglers were heading for Bangladesh with at least 74 cattle heads on board.</p>.<p>The smugglers were also armed with sharp weapons and sticks.</p>.<p>When challenged by the BSF jawans who asked them to stop, the smugglers attacked them. Some of the BSF jawans responded with firing chili grenades and stun grenades at them.</p>.<p>The BSF team was finally able to get hold of 11 Indian and one Bangladeshi smugglers and seized 74 cattle heads.</p>
<p>A BSF jawan drowned in the river Padma near the Bangladesh border while chasing cow smugglers.</p>.<p>The incident which took place on Thursday in Murshidabad district of West Bengal was announced by the South Bengal Frontier authorities of BSF on Monday.</p>.<p>“During the operation, constable Debashis Roy who was part of the ACP party played a very active role in the operation without taking care of his life... During the chase he ran behind the smugglers and jumped into Padma to catch them,” stated a BSF release. </p>.<p>It also stated that after jumping into the river, Roy got stuck in the mud and drowned.</p>.<p>The incident took place after a BSF patrol party noticed that a group of cow smugglers were heading for Bangladesh with at least 74 cattle heads on board.</p>.<p>The smugglers were also armed with sharp weapons and sticks.</p>.<p>When challenged by the BSF jawans who asked them to stop, the smugglers attacked them. Some of the BSF jawans responded with firing chili grenades and stun grenades at them.</p>.<p>The BSF team was finally able to get hold of 11 Indian and one Bangladeshi smugglers and seized 74 cattle heads.</p>
