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Bangladeshi farmer killed in BSF firing

The Indian Border Security Force shot dead a Bangladeshi farmer along the Patgram border area of northern Lalmonirhat district on...

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Bangladeshi farmer killed in BSF firing
Our Correspondent . Lalmonirhat 26 April, 2024, 13:14

The Indian Border Security Force shot dead a Bangladeshi farmer along the Patgram border area of northern Lalmonirhat district on Friday, officials said.

The farmer, Abul Kalam Dakhu, 30, son of late Afar Uddin of Srirampur union under the Patgram upazila, was shot at along the border in the Srirampur union of Patgram and died on his way to the nearby Patgram Upazila Health Complex.

'One bullet has exited through his left chest,' said Patgram police station assistant sub-inspector Shahanur Rahman.

He was married and was a farmer.

With him, three Bangladeshis have been killed in BSF firing along the Lalmonirhat border in a month.

Police and Border Guard Bangladesh officials said that a group of Bangladeshis went to the bordering Patgram area in the predawn hours.

A team of the 169 Duradavari BSF camp that was on duty at the Indian border fired at them, leaving Abul Kalam injured.

Abul Kalam died on his way to a nearby health facility while he was being taken there by his associates.

The trend of killing Bangladeshi nationals along the Bangladesh-India border by the Indian Border Security Force is rising, with at least six Bangladeshis being killed in the first three months of this year, while four people were killed in the same period in the past year.

Rights group Ain O Salish Kendra documented that 30 Bangladeshis were killed at the hands of the Indian BSF alone in 2023, while the number was 23, including 16 shooting deaths, in 2022.

At least 1,236 Bangladeshis were killed and 1,145 injured in shootings by the Indian border force between 2000 and 2020, according to another rights organisation, Odhikar.

Bangladesh and India share a 4,100-kilometre-long international border, the fifth-longest land border in the world.​

 

[Bilal9]

India should have let Pakistan finish it's job in 71.

The two topics are not related.

I know it feels good to get hate off your chest, but there is no relationship between the two.

One is a freedom issue that devolved into a civil war. The other is an undisciplined law and order entity in India that does not follow the diktat of its own commanders.

Even this week - BSF leaders promised sitting in Dhaka in a conference with the BGB (like they have for the last twenty years) that non-lethal force will be used at the border and that border killing will be reduced to zero. This was at the behest of senior AL leaders (home minister) who have been forced to take a stand.

BSF leaders' words cannot be relied upon, which has been proven time and again. Just lip service.

If this continues - bilateral relations (especially trade) will be affected. Solving this problem is not difficult for the Indian side.

Murder at the border cannot be a mantra of any civilized state.

One can already see a reaction to this in the popular "India Out" movement in Bangladesh - which has already snow-balled. It will only get worse.

 

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Border killings by BSF rise despite repeated pledges

The increasing shooting deaths of Bangladeshi nationals at the hands of the Indian Border Security Force on the international border have left rights campaigners in...

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Border killings by BSF rise despite repeated pledges
Muktadir Rashid 03 May, 2024, 23:53

The increasing shooting deaths of Bangladeshi nationals at the hands of the Indian Border Security Force on the international border have left rights campaigners in both countries concerned and frustrated.

The recent incidents showed that the BSF bullets pierced the upper parts of the victims' bodies. Neither of the counties has carried out any joint or separate investigation into the incidents yet.

Rights group Ain O Salish Kendra said that the BSF killed six Bangladeshis in the first three months of the year, despite renewed promises from the top leadership of the Indian border force in Dhaka in early March.

On April 2, Saiful Islam, 30, of Gomastapur upazila under Chapainawabganj district, was shot dead.

Robiul Islam, brother of the deceased, told New Age that Saiful was shot once from behind, and the bullet pierced through his chest.

On Friday, the Indian border force shot dead another 30-year-old Bangladeshi farmer, Abul Kalam Dukhu, along the Patgram border area of northern Lalmonirhat district.

'One bullet has pierced through his left chest,' said Patgram police station assistant sub-inspector Shahanur Rahman.

BGB director general Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui told New Age on Sunday that all the death incidents occurred within the Indian territory from the zero line—starting from a few hundred metres to even a few kilometres inside India.

'Despite the killing happening inside India, we send strong protest notes in every case and organise flag meetings,' he said.

In the 54th director general-level border conference in Dhaka in March, the BGB chief urged his Indian counterpart to adopt 'necessary measures' to reduce the border killings to zero, considering the 'sound bilateral relation' between the two neighbours.

In response, the Indian Border Security Force director general, Nitin Agrawal, has renewed his promise to bring down the number of shooting deaths or injuries of Bangladeshi civilians along their shared border to zero.

The data from the rights group ASK, however, shows that three more Bangladeshis were killed in April alone.

'The continuous reports of shooting incidents are frustrating us,' said Kamal Uddin Ahmed, the chairman of Bangladesh's National Human Rights Commission.

'We have not heard of such incidents with Pakistan or other borders of [India].'

Kirity Roy, secretary of Manabadhikar Surakkha Mancha, better known as MASUM, a West Bengal-based human rights organisation, vented his anger over the increasing number of border killings.

'It's a bloodied border between two countries. Often killings happen under the pretext of self-defence, which is not right,' he said, adding, 'In the Indian Constitution, Article 21 ensures the right to life, but it is systematically violated by the BSF with impunity.'

'Whatever the Indian government commits is disregarded by the government employees, and the government stands like deaf and blind.'

Kirity added that the Indian NHRC is also day by day becoming a 'stooge' and oblivious to its mandate.

Mizanur Rahman, a former chairman of the NHRC who used to teach law at Dhaka University, said on Monday that the border killings had been affecting people-to-people relations between the two countries. He said that the killing must be stopped.

The trend of killing Bangladeshis by the Indian Border Security Force is rising, with at least six Bangladeshis being killed in the first three months of this year, while four people were killed in the same period in 2023.

Rights group Ain O Salish Kendra documented that 30 Bangladeshis were killed in the hands of the Indian BSF alone in 2023, while the number was 23, including 16 shooting deaths, in 2022, and 17, including 16 shooting deaths, in 2021.

At least 1,236 Bangladeshis were killed and 1,145 injured in shootings by the Indian border force between 2000 and 2020, according to another rights organisation, Odhikar.

Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan could not be reached for his comment.

In March, the minister urged a BSF delegation led by Nitin Agrawal to bring civilian killings on the border to zero and use non-lethal weapons to this end.

Bangladesh and India share a 4,100-kilometre-long international border, the fifth-longest land border in the world.​

 

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Bangladesh for use of non-lethal weapons by BSF

Foreign minister Hasan Mahmud said on Wednesday that both the governments of India and Bangladesh had goodwill and sincerity to bring down the border killings...

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Bangladesh for use of non-lethal weapons by BSF
Staff Correspondent 10 May, 2024, 00:13

Hasan Mahmud

Foreign minister Hasan Mahmud said on Wednesday that both the governments of India and Bangladesh had goodwill and sincerity to bring down the border killings.

'We have discussed the border killing issue in detail. We have put emphasis on the use of non-lethal weapons in the meeting with the Indian foreign secretary,' Hasan told reporters at his Segunbagicha office after a meeting with India's external affairs secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra.

The Indian external affairs secretary, who arrived on a two-day visit to Bangladesh on Wednesday evening, paid a courtesy visit to the Bangladesh foreign minister at the foreign ministry.

The foreign minister said that the border forces of both countries were instructed to use non-lethal weapons, and they were 'following the instructions.'

He, however, said that non-lethal weapons act like lethal weapons when they are used in close proximity.

Hasan said they had also discussed people-to-people connectivity between the two neighbours.

'We have sought cooperation from India to import hydropower from Nepal and Bhutan through Indian territory,' he said.

Two Bangladeshi youths were shot dead by BSF at the Tetulia border in Panchagarh in the early hours of Wednesday.

The latest incident of border killings took place hours before the arrival of India's foreign secretary Kwatra.

Human Rights Support Society, in a statement on Wednesday, reported that the BSF killed at least 13 Bangladeshis and injured 10 others between January 1 and May 8.​

 

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Attack on BSF Man: BGB uses mike to caution people near border

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has issued a warning urging people to be cautious in Benapole border area following an attack on a member of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on the Maheshpur border on Monday night

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Attack on BSF Man: BGB uses mike to caution people near border

India-Bangladesh border. File photo

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has issued a warning urging people to be cautious in Benapole border area following an attack on a member of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on the Maheshpur border on Monday night.

This afternoon, members of the Benapole ICP camp of the 49 BGB Battalion in Jashore were seen issuing the warning through loudspeakers to Bangladeshi residents in various villages and densely populated areas near the Benapole border, reports our Benapole correspondent.

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BGB members indicated that BSF personnel might target Bangladeshi civilians or houses near the border. Therefore, Bangladeshi nationals are advised not to approach the border areas.

According to BGB officials, a BSF member was hacked and injured inside India near the Maheshpur border on Monday night. The BSF claims that the attackers were Bangladeshis, leading to concerns that the BSF might retaliate. As a result, BGB members have specifically requested that residents near the border exercise caution.

Benapole municipal councillor Kamal Hossain stated, "I was informed by the BGB that no one should go to the border area, not with cattle or for agricultural work."

Following this, people were informed via loudspeakers.

Mizanur Rahman, commander of the Benapole ICP Camp of the 49 BGB Battalion in Jashore, said the BSF alleges that Bangladeshi miscreants hacked a BSF member inside India across the Maheshpur border. Therefore, loudspeaker announcements are being made to protect residents near the border.

"No Bangladeshi civilians should go to the border until further notice," he added.​

 

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Bangladeshi killed in BSF firing at Lalmonirhat border
Published :
Jun 26, 2024 11:50
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Jun 26, 2024 11:50

Lalmonirhat border area Photo : UNB

A Bangladeshi man was killed when he was shot by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) members near the Lohakuchi border in Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat district early on Wednesday.
The deceased, identified as Nurul Islam, 30, was from Lohakuchi area, according to a UNB report.

According to BGB and locals, the incident occurred late at night as a group of Bangladeshis attempted to enter Indian Territory with cattle. At that time, the BSF, patrolling the West Chamta camp on the Indian side, allegedly opened fire on the group. Nurul Islam was shot and died on the spot.

Later, his companions managed to retrieve his body under the cover of darkness and brought it back across the border.

On information, on duty police from the Gorol area recovered Nurul Islam's body and took it to the police station.

Lt Col Mofazzal Hossain Akond, commanding officer of Lalmonirhat-15 BGB, confirmed the incident.​

 

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Bangladeshi killed in BSF firing at Lalmonirhat border
Published :
Jun 26, 2024 11:50
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Jun 26, 2024 11:50

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Lalmonirhat border area Photo : UNB

A Bangladeshi man was killed when he was shot by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) members near the Lohakuchi border in Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat district early on Wednesday.
The deceased, identified as Nurul Islam, 30, was from Lohakuchi area, according to a UNB report.

According to BGB and locals, the incident occurred late at night as a group of Bangladeshis attempted to enter Indian Territory with cattle. At that time, the BSF, patrolling the West Chamta camp on the Indian side, allegedly opened fire on the group. Nurul Islam was shot and died on the spot.

Later, his companions managed to retrieve his body under the cover of darkness and brought it back across the border.

On information, on duty police from the Gorol area recovered Nurul Islam's body and took it to the police station.

Lt Col Mofazzal Hossain Akond, commanding officer of Lalmonirhat-15 BGB, confirmed the incident.​

I guess the way it stands, armed attacks against the BSF by Bangladeshis are now sadly, legit action.

BSF behavior completely legitimizes this philosophy.

I don't know why we are always playing nicey-nice with the BSF.

Enough bullets get spent, they will automatically come running.

Then our BGB can throw up their hands and say, "what can we do?"

Just like the BSF leadership does now.

It is also clear why this guy got killed, clearly some BSF commander did not get his legit cut for smuggling cows.

 

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I guess the way it stands, armed attacks against the BSF by Bangladeshis are now sadly, legit action.

BSF behavior completely legitimizes this philosophy.

I don't know why we are always playing nicey-nice with the BSF.

Enough bullets get spent, they will automatically come running.

Then our BGB can throw up their hands and say, "what can we do?"

Just like the BSF leadership does now.

It is also clear why this guy got killed, clearly some BSF commander did not get his legit cut for smuggling cows.

Traitor Sheikh Hasina has no love for Bangladeshis. That's why BSF's killings of Bangladeshis do not sadden her.