| Indian BSF kills two more Bangladeshis :814 killed on border during last 9 years The killing spree of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Bangladesh border continues unabated despite India's repeated pledges to stop such killings. Two more Bangladeshi citizens were killed in separate incidents along Benapole and Chapainawabganj border early Saturday. Of the two, one was beaten to death and another was shot dead by BSF. With them three Bangladeshis were killed by BSF in first nine days of 2010 taking the total number of deaths from January 1, 2009 to January 9, 2010 to 89. The number of Bangladeshis killed by BSF during the nine years period from January 1, 2000 to January 9, 2010 stands at 814. BSF also injured 857 and abducted 897 Bangladeshis in the same period. According to UNB News Agency, a Bangladeshi cattle trader was beaten to death by BSF along Benapole border early Saturday. The victim was identified as Hazrat Ali, 30, son of Jahur Ali of Harishchandrapur village under the port thana. BDR and local sources said the BSF personnel from Pipli outpost beat Hazrat Ali mercilessly while he was returning from India with cattle, leaving him dead on the spot. Another UNB News says: A Bangladeshi farmer was shot dead by the members of Indian Boarder Security Force (BSF) along Simnagar border in Shibganj upazila in Chapainawabganj Saturday morning. The victim was identified as Manirul Haque, 25, of Tarapur Mollapara in the upazila. The killings of unarmed Bangladeshis by the BSF on the border are continuing in clear violation of the spirit of good neighborliness as well as international law and despite repeated pledges by the Indian authorities to stop it. In every meeting between BSF and BDR and also between the higher level officials of the two countries, the Indian side assures that killing of Bangladeshis by its forces on the border would come to an end immediately. But this pledge is seldom implemented. |
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