Indian BSF kills 93 people in 13 months
818 Bangladeshis killed on border in nine years
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has killed yet another Bangladeshi citizen on the border Thursday taking the number of such killings to 93 during the period from January 1, 2009 to January 28, 2010 and to 818 in nine years from January 2000 to January 2010.(The BD Today)
The latest incident of killing a Bangladeshi citizen by BSF took place on Shibganj upazila in Chapainawabganj border on Thursday.
According to UNB News Agency, a cattle trader was shot dead by BSF along Ohidpur frontier in Shibganj upazila in Chapainawabganj early Thursday. The victim was identified as Shyamal Karmakar, son of Noren Karmakar of Bishroshia village of the upazila.
Major Nazrul of 39 Rifles Battalion, said when Shyamal was bringing cattle from India at about 5am BSF members of Chandnichak border outpost opened fire, leaving him dead on the spot. The BSF later dragged away the dead body into their camp, locals said.
BDR sent a letter to their Indian counterparts protesting the killing and demanding immediate return of the body. With this seven Bangladeshis were killed by BSF in first 28 days of 2010 taking the total number of deaths to 93 during the period from January 1, 2009 to January 28, 2010. This shows that the killing spree of BSF on Bangladesh border continues unabated despite India's repeated pledges to stop such killings.
The number of Bangladeshis killed by BSF during the nine years period from January 1, 2000 to January 22, 2010 stands now at 818. BSF also injured 857 and abducted 897 Bangladeshis in the same period.
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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