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BDR resumes mortar fire; civilian hurt

Breaking a lull of three hours, Bangladesh Rifles resumed mortar fire on Indian positions Thursday evening wounding a civilian at Thakurianbari village of border district of Dhubri, Deputy Commissioner Gayatri Barooah said.

Border Security Force and BDR personnel were engaged in "low-scale" exchange of fire near the village till late night, she told PTI.

A mortar shell fired by the BDR hit a civilian, Barooah said.

Guns on both sides had fallen silent at 1930 hours after intense intermittent firing for two days, she said.

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