Lalmonirhat: Members of Border Security Force (BSF) picked up a Bangladeshi national from Burimari border point in Lalmonirhat early on Thursday.

The detainee is Abdul Latif, in his twenties, a resident of Atrai upazila in Naogaon.

Major Syed Monirul Islam, commanding officer of BGB-61 (Border Guard Bangladesh) battalion, said that the BSF members from Changrabanda picked up Latif while a group of cattle trader went to the area of pillar No 843 in the frontier around 4:30am while others managed to flee away.

The BSF members also beat a cattle trader Azam Ali, leaving him seriously injured.

The injured cattle trader was admitted to Patgram Upazila Health Complex.