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<b>Former athlete Avtar Singh killed in road mishap</b>
Kolkata, June 7

<b>Former athlete and BSF inspector Avtar Singh was killed in a road mishap on Monday while chasing smugglers in a motorcycle at Swarupnagar along India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal's North 24-parganas district</b>. <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo-->

<b>DIG (PSO)of BSF SK Mitra told PTI here that Singh's bike skidded and hit a tree while giving a hot-chase to some smugglers in the border area in the early hours of Monday</b>.

He was spotted by BSF jawans later and rushed to Basirhat sub-divisional hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

Singh, posted as an Inspector of the 106 battalion at Tarali camp of the BSF, <b>represented India in several international sports events, including an international sports meet in Islamabad in 1989</b>.

Credited with many laurels, Avtar Singh was BSF coach in athletics.

Mitra said that Singh's family in Amritsar was being contacted.