BSF kills two more Bangladeshis
31 border killings in last four months
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) killed two more Bangladeshis on Monday as its killing spree on Bangladesh border continues unabated despite India's repeated pledges to stop such killings.
With these, BSF killed 31 Bangladeshis in last four months and 111 in last 13 months. The number of Bangladeshis killed by BSF during the nine years period from January 1, 2000 to June 17, 2010 stands at 835. BSF also injured 860 and abducted 903 Bangladeshis in the same period. According to UNB news agency, a Bangladeshi cattle trader was shot dead and his companion injured by BSF in Chutipur area opposite Moheshpur frontier in the early hours of Monday.
The deceased was identified as Bahar Ali, 35, son of Akkas Ali and the injured is Altaf Hossain of Loraighat village in Moheshpur upazila. Altaf who somehow managed to return home was rushed to Jessore general hospital in critical condition.
Lt Col Sultan Ahmed, commander of Rifles Battalion-35 said BSF troops of Chutipur camp opened fire on the two cattle traders near border pillar no. 60 while they were returning from India along with cattle at about 4 am, leaving Bahar Ali dead on the spot. Meanwhile, BDR in a letter to their Indian counterparts strongly protested the incident and demanded immediate return of the body.
Another report from Chapainawabganj adds: Another Bangladeshi cattle trader was shot dead by Indian BSF opposite Chouka border in Shibganj upazila early Monday.The deceased was identified as Rabu, 40, son of Arjed Ali of Ajmatpur Hajarbighi village of the same upazila. Lt Cl. Zayed Hossain, commander of Rifles Battalion-39 said BSF troops of Shabdalpur shot him dead near border pillar no. 175 while he was going to India for buying cattle at about 3 am.
Meanwhile, BDR in a letter to their Indian counterparts strongly protested the incident and dem-anded immediate return of the body.In the last occasion, BSF of India gunned down a Bangladeshi cattle trader on Ronchondi border under Dhamoirhat upazila in Naogaon in the small hours of Thursday.
The victim was identified as Abdul Motaleb, 40, son of Abed Ali Mandal of frontier village Chak Sobdal of the same upazila. The killings of unarmed Bangl-adeshis 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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With these, BSF killed 31 Bangladeshis in last four months and 111 in last 13 months. The number of Bangladeshis killed by BSF during the nine years period from January 1, 2000 to June 17, 2010 stands at 835. BSF also injured 860 and abducted 903 Bangladeshis in the same period. According to UNB news agency, a Bangladeshi cattle trader was shot dead and his companion injured by BSF in Chutipur area opposite Moheshpur frontier in the early hours of Monday.
The deceased was identified as Bahar Ali, 35, son of Akkas Ali and the injured is Altaf Hossain of Loraighat village in Moheshpur upazila. Altaf who somehow managed to return home was rushed to Jessore general hospital in critical condition.
Lt Col Sultan Ahmed, commander of Rifles Battalion-35 said BSF troops of Chutipur camp opened fire on the two cattle traders near border pillar no. 60 while they were returning from India along with cattle at about 4 am, leaving Bahar Ali dead on the spot. Meanwhile, BDR in a letter to their Indian counterparts strongly protested the incident and demanded immediate return of the body.
Another report from Chapainawabganj adds: Another Bangladeshi cattle trader was shot dead by Indian BSF opposite Chouka border in Shibganj upazila early Monday.The deceased was identified as Rabu, 40, son of Arjed Ali of Ajmatpur Hajarbighi village of the same upazila. Lt Cl. Zayed Hossain, commander of Rifles Battalion-39 said BSF troops of Shabdalpur shot him dead near border pillar no. 175 while he was going to India for buying cattle at about 3 am.
Meanwhile, BDR in a letter to their Indian counterparts strongly protested the incident and dem-anded immediate return of the body.In the last occasion, BSF of India gunned down a Bangladeshi cattle trader on Ronchondi border under Dhamoirhat upazila in Naogaon in the small hours of Thursday.
The victim was identified as Abdul Motaleb, 40, son of Abed Ali Mandal of frontier village Chak Sobdal of the same upazila. The killings of unarmed Bangl-adeshis 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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