Kolkata, Nov 17: Indian and Bangladeshi troops traded fire over their porous border Sunday, causing panic among villagers but inflicting no injuries, Indian officials said. An official at India's paramilitary Border Security Force said the two sides exchanged gunfire for several hours Sunday morning at Shamshernagar, about 70 kilometers (42 miles) east of the Indian city of Calcutta, sending villagers running for cover.
He accused his counterparts across the border, the Bangladesh Rifles, of opening fire after a dispute over the construction of a small dock on the Indian side of the Itchamati river.
The Indian and Bangladeshi border forces will meet Monday at Shamshernagar to sort out their differences, the official said.

India and Bangladesh have mostly good relations, but they have accused each other of lax security over their porous 4,000-kilometer (2,500-mile) border.
This month the neighbours entered a diplomatic row after India accused Bangladesh of hosting rebels backed by its arch-rival Pakistan, and Dhaka countered that criminals fleeing its month-long anti-crime drive had entered India.
In April 2001 the Bangladesh Rifles and Indian Border Security Force engaged in a bloody skirmish that left dead 16 Indian troops and three Bangladeshi paramilitaries. Bureau Report