BSF killed 33 and tortured 34 others along south-western border in 2010 They also abducted eight Bangladeshis and lifted 10 cattle, trespassing 612-kilometer-long frontier of six south-western districts last year.The Indian border guards fired 24 rounds of gunshots along the border without any provocation during the same period, border sources said. Competent sources at border said several hundred people of dozens of villages of Jessore, Satkhira, Jhenaidah, Chuadanga, Kushtia and Meherpur districts were victims of BSF atrocities last year. They were either shot dead or tortured to death or taken to India by BSF after abduction. Besides, hundreds of villagers were beaten, robbed off their cattle, crops and other valuables in the last 12 months. Though on record number of fatalities stood at 67 it could be much higher if taken into account that of abductees, whose fate remained unknown yet. Among the 33 deceased, 18 were shot dead by intruding BSF forces and the rest were captured and brutally tortured to death. Those shot to death were identified as Alauddin of Goira village of Shorsha upazila and Ansaful of Poira village of Chowgachha upazila of Jessore, Safiqul of Baghadanga village of Moheshpur upazila of Jhenaidah, Sabuj of Malbaria village, Bahar Ali of Loraighat village, Obaidul of Padmapukur village and Akbar of Sejia village of same upazila, Nazrul of Buripota village of Sadar upazila of Meherpur, Shahidur of Kazipur of Gangni, Saiful of Ghona village of Sadar upazila of Satkhira, an unnamed youth of the same village, Shariful of Gangnia village, Amzad of Kalinchi of Shyamnagar, Doyal of Shakra of Devhata, Kobirul of Goalia of Kolaroa, Mansur of Chitolmari of Kushtia district, Delwar of Banglabazar upazila and Moktar of Pragpur village of Daulatpur. Those tortured to death were identified as Abdul Gaffar of Protapnagar village of Ashashuni upazila of Satkhira, Azgar of Sekendera of Devhata upazila, Sirajul and Lenin of Town Sripur, Ajgar of Poranpur of Shyamnagar, Shafikul of Mitolpur of Kaliganj and an unidentified man of Bhomra upazila, Samir and his brother Amir of Gantipara village of Shorsha upazila of Jessore district, Hazrat of Harishchandrapur village, Liton of Balunda, Monir and an unidentified man of Putkhali, Mojnu of Shikri and an unidentified man of Durgapur village of same upazila. BSF troops captured and tortured them to death after intruding into Bangladesh and left their bodies either on No Man`s Land or in frontier villages of Bangladesh. Besides, the Bangladeshi men tortured by BSF have become both physically and mentally handicapped because of inhuman torture.Moreover, the whereabouts of the eight Bangladeshis abducted by BSF in between Jan 1, 2010 to Dec 31 could not be known. BGB held flag meetings with BSF on several occasions, discussed these problems, but the BSF atrocities continued with no sign of abetting. |
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