<p>Two BSF personnel were killed and their senior officer was injured in a fratricidal shoot out at a post near the Bangladesh international border in Tripura, officials said Friday.</p>.<p>The incident took place Thursday evening near the border fence gate at the Khagracheri post of the force in the Karbook sub-division of the Gomati district.</p>.<p>Head constable Satbir Singh and constable Pratap Singh, belonging to the 20th battalion, were killed in the "fratricidal cross-firing" following a minor altercation, said a BSF spokesperson for its Tripura frontier, headquartered in Salbagan, Agartala.</p>.<p>A senior official said Pratap Singh allegedly shot Satbir Singh, who died on the spot.</p>.<p>Pratap Singh was later killed by a sentry deployed at the post, he said.</p>.<p>The post commander, Sub Inspector Ram Kumar, suffered bullet injuries on both his legs as constable Pratap Singh fired at him too, he said.</p>.<p>"A departmental inquiry is being conducted to find out the actual cause of the incident and an FIR has been lodged at Silacheri police station," the spokesperson said.</p>.<p>The Border Security Force (BSF) guards the India-Bangladesh border.</p>.<p>Out of the total 4,096 km of the international border, Tripura shares 856 km of the front.</p>.<p><strong>Check out the latest videos from <i data-stringify-type="italic">DH</i>:</strong></p>
<p>Two BSF personnel were killed and their senior officer was injured in a fratricidal shoot out at a post near the Bangladesh international border in Tripura, officials said Friday.</p>.<p>The incident took place Thursday evening near the border fence gate at the Khagracheri post of the force in the Karbook sub-division of the Gomati district.</p>.<p>Head constable Satbir Singh and constable Pratap Singh, belonging to the 20th battalion, were killed in the "fratricidal cross-firing" following a minor altercation, said a BSF spokesperson for its Tripura frontier, headquartered in Salbagan, Agartala.</p>.<p>A senior official said Pratap Singh allegedly shot Satbir Singh, who died on the spot.</p>.<p>Pratap Singh was later killed by a sentry deployed at the post, he said.</p>.<p>The post commander, Sub Inspector Ram Kumar, suffered bullet injuries on both his legs as constable Pratap Singh fired at him too, he said.</p>.<p>"A departmental inquiry is being conducted to find out the actual cause of the incident and an FIR has been lodged at Silacheri police station," the spokesperson said.</p>.<p>The Border Security Force (BSF) guards the India-Bangladesh border.</p>.<p>Out of the total 4,096 km of the international border, Tripura shares 856 km of the front.</p>.<p><strong>Check out the latest videos from <i data-stringify-type="italic">DH</i>:</strong></p>