[ALOCHONA] Bangladeshi woman tortured by BSF

Bangladeshi woman tortured by BSF



A Bangladeshi woman was chased, captured and tortured by Indian Border Security Force in Benapole border area yesterday.Witnesses said Halima Begum, 35, wife of late Mosharraf, of Dubdia village of Jhikargachha upazila, was bleeding profusely after the beating.

Fazlul Haque, commander of 26 Border Guard Bangladesh Battalion, Benapole check post, said BSF men beat Halima and left her in near senseless state yesterday afternoon at Petrapole opposite to the check post.

Local people later took her to a Benapole clinic.They alleged that Halima was near the Bangladesh-India railway line close to Benapole check post when a team of Petrapole BSF patrol team chased and caught her.The Indians dragged her deep into their territory and beat her, leaving her bruised and bleeding.Assuming that she had died of torture they left her at a secluded place in Petrapole, said locals.

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