Agartala: Two Indian border guards were kidnapped by Bangladeshi smugglers on Tuesday along the Tripura border, police said.

"During a routine patrolling on Tuesday morning, two Border Security Force (BSF) jawans challenged and chased some Bangladeshi smugglers. The BSF personnel fired several rounds in the air but the smugglers, accompanied by villagers, overpowered the two BSF men and took them inside Bangladesh territory," a Tripura police official said.