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BSF kills 34 Bangladesh nationals in 11 months of interim govt

At least 34 people were killed by the Indian Border Security Force by either being shot or being tortured during the first 11 months of the interim government’s tenure, while the figure was 30 in 2024 and 31 in 2023, according to rights group Ain O Salish Kendra data.

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BSF kills 34 Bangladesh nationals in 11 months of interim govt
Tanzil Rahaman with Nazmul Haque Shamim in Feni 26 July, 2025, 00:48

At least 34 people were killed by the Indian Border Security Force by either being shot or being tortured during the first 11 months of the interim government’s tenure, while the figure was 30 in 2024 and 31 in 2023, according to rights group Ain O Salish Kendra data.

Border killings are on the rise despite repeated promises made by the Indian government and the BSF to bring it down to zero.

At least two more Bangladeshi youths were killed and another was injured in BSF firing on the Indian side opposite to Bashpaudia border point under Parshuram upazila in Feni district early Friday.

The deceased are Md Millat Hossain, 21, and Md Liton, 32 and injured Md Afsar, 31. All of them hailed from Bashpadua village, according to local people and Border Guard Bangladesh officials.

In a four-day-long director general-level conference of Bangladeshi and Indian border forces in February 17–20 in New Delhi, BGB DG Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui once again urged his Indian counterpart Daljit Singh Chawdhary to bring down the border killings to zero.

Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies president retired Major General ANM Muniruzzaman said that the killings could not be controlled because of not getting expected help from the Indian side and failure of the Bangladesh government in pressing India.

‘I can say that the Bangladesh government could not press the issue at such level in India where it would be effective,’ he explained.

He said that India did not pay any heed to Bangladesh for its weak policy of the foreign ministry, including mismanagement and static status.

About the Friday’s border killings in Feni, BGB officials quoting local people said that they had entered India crossing the zero line with barbed wire fencing and three people were injured in BSF firing at about 1:00am on Friday.

They said that Millat and Afsar managed to return to Bangladesh territory while local people got them admitted to Feni 250 General Hospital, where Millat died in the morning.

BGB officials also said that BSF personnel took injured Liton to Bilonia Hospital in India where he died in the morning.

Commanding officer of BGB-4 Battalion in Feni Lieutenant Colonel Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain said that two Bangladeshi youths were killed and one was injured in BSF firing at about 1:00am.

‘BGB members went to the spot after hearing the news from local people. Three youths had entered Indian territory to fetch smuggled goods. We have contacted the BSF to bring the Liton’s body back from India,’ said Mosharraf.

He also said that they would convey protest to the BSF over the incident.

Dhaka University’s Peace and Conflict Studies department associate professor Muhammad Sazzad Hossain Siddiqui said that if the interim government could give attention to the regional strategic politics, the border killings would have come down to more than half.

He said that the number of border killings was almost the same during the adversarial relations between India and Bangladesh compared with the so-called friendly relations during the previous Awami League government.

‘The interim government has been failing to hold a strong position in this regard,’ he added.

Although Bangladesh authorities have taken various security measures, India has pushed about 2,000 people into Bangladesh, including Indian nationals and Rohingyas, since May 7 without following legal procedures while there have also been incidents of crude bomb explosions, firing sound grenades, flying drones, and opening fire along bordering areas in Bangladesh and inside India, according to BGB officials.

Border killings by the Indian BSF happened every month excepting November in 2024 since the ouster of Sheikh Hasina on August 5 amid a student-led mass uprising in the year, when she fled to India, the statistics show.

ASK data show that at least 15 Bangladeshis were killed and 29 others injured in BSF firing and beating from January to June this year.

Of the dead in the six months, two were killed in January, one in February, three in March, five in April, two in May, and two in June.

In 2024, two were killed in August, two in September, three in October, none in November and six in December.

According to Bangladesh authorities, Bangladesh has 4,156 kilometres of border with India, of which some 180 kilometres fall on different water bodies and 79 kilometres on the Sundarbans.​

 

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Border killing on as Dhaka remains weak, Delhi unwilling

THE death of Bangladeshis continues at the hands of India’s Border Security Force, with at least 34 having died, after being shot or tortured by the Indian guards, during one year of the interim government. Rights group Ain O Salish Kendra says that 15 died in firing and from torture by the...

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Border killing on as Dhaka remains weak, Delhi unwilling
27 July, 2025, 00:00

THE death of Bangladeshis continues at the hands of India’s Border Security Force, with at least 34 having died, after being shot or tortured by the Indian guards, during one year of the interim government. Rights group Ain O Salish Kendra says that 15 died in firing and from torture by the Indian guards in January–June. Two were killed in January, one in February, three in March, five in April, two in May and two in June. In 2024, as the rights group report says, two were killed in August, two in September, three in October and six in December. With the six having been killed in July, the figure stands at 34. In the latest event, the Indian guards killed two Bangladeshis in the Parashuram border in Feni early July 25. One of the wounded died in a hospital in Bangladesh and the other wounded, who Bangladesh Border Guard says Indian guards had taken away, died in a hospital in India, both in the morning. Yet another who was wounded in the firing managed to get into the Bangladeshi territory.

Bangladesh border guards are reported to have been planning to lodge protests with the Indian guards in connection with the incident. But such ritualistic protests have hardly been able to end the killing of Bangladeshis in the frontiers. Experts also say that the interim government has failed to boldly stand its ground on the issue with New Delhi. Ain O Salish Kendra lists 30 death at the hands of the Indian guards in 2024 and 31 in 2023. This shows that the situation has changed little. The Bangladesh Border Guard director general at the meeting in New Delhi in February 17–20 urged his Indian counterpart to end killing in the frontiers. And, any sign is still forthcoming that the request has held water. The Indian authorities on many such occasions have said that they would end such border killing and use non-lethal weapons in border control. All the promises have fallen flat. Experts observe that New Delhi remains unwilling and Dhaka remains weak when it takes up the issue with India. This warrants that Dhaka should show enough boldness when it takes up the issue with New Delhi if it wants to end border death.

In such a situation, Dhaka should, therefore, show the required boldness in taking up the issue with New Delhi and take up the issue with regional and international forums effectively. Conscientious sections of Indian society should also rally against their government for an end to border death at the hands of Indian guards.​

 

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BSF’s border killings must be challenged
Time for Dhaka to draw a line on such provocative actions

We condemn the killing of at least 34 Bangladeshis by India's Border Security Force (BSF) during the first 11 months of the interim government's tenure. Data from Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) shows that the figure stood at 30 in 2024 and 31 in 2023. This suggests that, despite India's repeated promises to ensure zero border killings, it has done virtually nothing differently over the years. In fact, according to an earlier estimate by the Human Rights Support Society (HRSS), over the past 10 years, at least 305 Bangladeshis have been killed and 282 others injured along the Bangladesh-India border. This further illustrates how deadly the border has become, largely due to the repeated use of lethal force by BSF.

Most recently, on July 25, two Bangladeshi youths were killed and another injured by BSF firing on the Indian side opposite the Bashpaudia border point in Parshuram, Feni. Reportedly, the three victims had entered India, crossing the zero line marked by barbed wire fencing, and were shot by BSF personnel. Two of them managed to return to Bangladeshi territory, and local residents took them to the Feni General Hospital where one died in the morning. The other was taken by BSF personnel to Bilonia Hospital in India, where he also died.

While we do not condone any illegal crossing of the border, there is absolutely no justification for BSF's consistent use of lethal force at every possible opportunity. Looking at the data, since Hasina's ouster on August 5 last year, the BSF has killed at least one Bangladeshi every month, with the exception of November.

India has recently added to these hostile border actions by pushing around 2,000 people into Bangladesh—including even Indian nationals and Rohingyas—since May 7. And it has done so by bypassing all established legal channels and international obligations. Unfortunately, despite repeated protests by our government, India has continued its illegal push-in campaign. Experts have described these push-ins as orchestrated human rights violations, flagrantly breaching bilateral protocols such as the 1975 Joint Guidelines and the 2011 Coordinated Border Management Plan.

Much like the Hasina government, the interim government has also failed to take a strong stance in the face of such provocative actions by India. It is, therefore, high time for our authorities to demonstrate greater boldness in raising these issues with New Delhi and to consider actively taking them up at regional and international forums.​

 

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BGB-BSF confce begins in Dhaka on Aug 25

The 56th director general-level conference between the Border Guard Bangladesh and the Indian Border Security Force will be held from August 25 to August 28 at the BGB headquarters in Dhaka.

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BGB-BSF confce begins in Dhaka on Aug 25
Border killing, push-in likely to be high on agenda
Staff Correspondent 10 August, 2025, 18:11

The 56th director general-level conference between the Border Guard Bangladesh and the Indian Border Security Force will be held from August 25 to August 28 at the BGB headquarters in Dhaka.

The incidents of border killings and push-ins by the Indian security forces are expected to be high on the agenda.

A high-level BSF delegation led by its director general is expected to take part in the conference, said a BGB press release on Sunday.

In the four-day conference, different cross-border crime issues, including border killings, push-ins, and illegal intrusion, smuggling drugs, arms and ammunitions and others from India are likely to be discussed.

The other issues would include implementing development activities inside the 150 yards adjacent to the international border, water sharing, and the protection of embankments on trans-boundary rivers.

Besides, joint initiatives to implement a coordinated border management plan, reduce border tensions over recent anti-Bangladesh propaganda by the Indian media outlets, and bilateral issues, among, others, would also feature in the discussion.

Expressing concern over the killing of Bangladeshis along Indian border in the 55th DG-level conference of the two border forces in February 17–20 in New Delhi, BGB DG Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui urged his counterpart Daljit Singh Chawdhary to bring the border killing to zero, according to the BGB-BSF joint press statement.

Contrarily, border killings have been on the rise despite repeated promises by the Indian government and the BSF to bring the number down to zeroAt least 34 Bangladeshis were killed by the BSF by either being shot or being tortured in the first year of the interim government’s tenure, while the figure was 30 in 2024 and 31 in 2023, according to rights group Ain O Salish Kendra data.

Border killings by the BSF happened every month except November in 2024 since the ouster of Sheikh Hasina on August 5 amid a student-led mass uprising in the year, when she fled to India, statistics show.

Meanwhile, the BSF and the Indian Navy have pushed 2,055 people, including 173 Rohingyas and Indian nationals, into Bangladesh since May 7.

Among the Rohingyas pushed by the Indian BSF, 50 are registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in India.

Apart from border killings and push-ins, there have also been incidents of crude bomb explosions, firing sound grenades, flying drones, and opening fire along border areas in Bangladesh and India following the past year’s August 5 political changeover, according to BGB officials.

According to Bangladesh authorities, Bangladesh has 4,156 kilometres of border with India, of which some 180 kilometres fall on different water bodies and 79 kilometres on the Sundarban.​

 

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@Sharma Ji check out the thrashing received by fence jumpers. Some of them are BD security personnel, with kidnapping equipments.

 

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@Sharma Ji check out the thrashing received by fence jumpers. Some of them are BD security personnel, with kidnapping equipments.

@Suresh Naresh @Lulldapull , check out India's Mexico. What treatment should they receive.

 

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Two BSF members are asking for forgiveness by holding the feet of BGB members. Scene like this gives me great delight

 

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@Lulldapull @Sharma Ji
Look at this swamp creature trying to jump fence. He is caught by BSF yet not coming out of under carriage. Should we shoot them ?

 

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BGB to discuss security concerns over allowing arms to indigenous people

The Border Guard Bangladesh, during the upcoming director general level conference with its Indian counterpart, will raise the issue of possible security risks along Bangladesh’s borders with the Indian state of Assam over allowing arms to the indigenous people...

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BGB-BSF CONFERENCE
BGB to discuss security concerns over allowing arms to indigenous people
Tanzil Rahaman 15 August, 2025, 00:28

The Border Guard Bangladesh, during the upcoming director general level conference with its Indian counterpart, will raise the issue of possible security risks along Bangladesh’s borders with the Indian state of Assam over allowing arms to the indigenous people.

The BGB said that they will raise the concern in the conference, as the move might increase the use of arms or cause incidents of unwanted or intentional killings along the borders.

Besides other issues, the issue of allowing Khasiya people to use firearms will be discussed with importance during the forthcoming 56th BGB-BSF director general-level conference between August 25 and August 28 at the BGB headquarters in Dhaka.

BGB director for operations Lieutenant Colonel SM Shafiqur Rahman made the remarks, responding to a New Age query over security experts’ fear of increasing the possibility of volatile situation, including border killings over the Assam state government’s decision to allow arms for the inhabitants and indigenous people living near the Bangladesh border and where Bangladeshi origin Mulisms are the majority.

‘BGB is aware of such risks and its continuous effort is going on regularly to make bordering people aware and encourage them to ensure peace and discipline,’ he added.

On May 29, the Assam cabinet approved the special scheme to provide arms licenses to its original inhabitants and indigenous citizens living in the remote areas along the Bangladesh border.

In a recent development on August 6, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that his government was setting up a portal where indigenous people living in ‘sensitive areas’ could apply for arms licences, according to several Indian media outlets’ reports.

Security experts in Bangladesh said that the Assam state government’s move would instigate violence along the border when border killings and push-ins by India were continuing.

According to rights organisation Ain o Salish Kendra data, at least 34 Bangladeshis were killed by the BSF in the first year of the interim government.

According to the reports published in New Age, India pushed 2,125 people, including 173 Rohingyas and Indian nationals, into Bangladesh since May 7 this year.

The state government of Assam has taken the move when a lot of cross-border tensions are prevailing following the August 5, 2024 political changeover in Bangladesh.

In the four-day BGB-BSF DG level conference, different cross-border crime issues, including border killings, push-ins, and illegal intrusion, and smuggling of drugs, arms, ammunition and others from India, are likely to be discussed.

The other issues would include implementing development activities within 150 yards of the international border, water sharing, and the protection of embankments on transboundary rivers.

Besides, joint initiatives to implement a coordinated border management plan, reduce border tensions over recent anti-Bangladesh propaganda by the Indian media outlets, and bilateral issues, among others, would also feature in the discussion.

Expressing concern over the killing of Bangladeshis along the Indian border in the 55th DG-level conference of the two border forces in February 17–20 in New Delhi, BGB DG Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui urged his counterpart Daljit Singh Chawdhary to bring the border killing to zero, according to the BGB-BSF joint press statement.

The tensions involve push-ins, constructing barbed wire fences within 150 yards of the border, violating the international border laws, incidents of crude bomb explosions, firing sound grenades, flying drones, and opening fire along the Bangladesh-India border by the Border Security Force of India.​

 

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Time for Dhaka to boldly take up India’s border ploys with Delhi

DELHI’S border ploys, which have been evident in the murder of Bangladeshis at the hand of India’s Border Security Force that have continued apace for years, appear to be taking an added dimension. Whilst a series of events of erecting barbed-wire and electric fences along the frontiers began...

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Time for Dhaka to boldly take up India’s border ploys with Delhi
15 August, 2025, 00:00

DELHI’S border ploys, which have been evident in the murder of Bangladeshis at the hand of India’s Border Security Force that have continued apace for years, appear to be taking an added dimension. Whilst a series of events of erecting barbed-wire and electric fences along the frontiers began with the direct involvement of Indian border guards in the final days of December 2024, which have already discommoded Bangladesh at a time when it is in a transitional phase after the fall of the Awam League regime, Indian guards have started pushing people into Bangladesh beginning this May. Whilst many of India’s attempts at fence erection have been foiled, India has pushed in 2,112 people, who included Rohingyas and at least 50 of whom are registered with the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in India and Indians, since May 7. The latest wave of push-in of 40 people took place along border points of Panchagarh, Lalmonirhat and Thakurgaon on August 13. Now, the Indian state of Assam is reported to have decided to provide Indian civilians living near the border with firearm licenses.

The move of the Assam government, which Indian newspapers have reported, has raised concern for people living in the Bangladesh territory along the frontiers. The Assam government on May 29 approved the special scheme to provide its citizens living in remote areas bordering Bangladesh and at places in India where the Muslims are the majority inside Bangladesh. Assam’s chief minister on August 6 said that his government was setting up a portal for indigenous people living in ‘sensitive areas’ in India to apply for firearm licenses. Security experts in Bangladesh say that Assam’s move would instigate violence along the border, especially when border killing and push-in have continued. Security experts believe that the Assam government has taken the move to create disturbance for neighboring Bangladesh and to expose Bangladeshis in bordering areas to threats. They believe that the Khasiyas, given firearms, in India would get into conflicts with Bangladeshis where the presence of Indian border guards and security forces is thin. A former chief of the Bangladesh border force says that the decision of the Assam government would add to death of Bangladeshis in the border and it would create further tension, noting that Indian border guards discuss the issue of providing Indians in bordering areas with firearms with the Bangladesh guards.

The 56th conference between the directors general of border guards of both the countries is set to take place in Dhaka in August 25–28. Dhaka should be bold enough in taking up the whole gamut of issues with Delhi on the occasion and outside the event.​