Three villagers, including a child, were on Tuesday killed after some Border Security Force personnel allegedly fired at them during a clash in Coochbehar, West Bengal, police said.
The incident took place when they seized a group of villagers from Ghonapara of Tufanganj sub-division clashed with the BSF personnel after their cattle were seized.
The BSF had accused a local woman of smuggling cattle from across the Indo-Bangla border and seized some cows, the police said.
An argument took place between the agitating villagers and the BSF personnel, which soon snowballed into a violent clash killing three of them, police said, adding a child and a woman was among those killed allegedly in the firing by BSF personnel.
A magistrate has rushed to the spot as tension prevailed in the area, they added.
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