BSF tortures Bangladeshi

A Bangladeshi teenage boy was brutally tortured allegedly by the members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) near the Benapole border yesterday.

Victim Akash Mia, 14, son of Abdus Salam of Monirampur village in Monirampur upazila of Jessore, is now undergoing treatment at Rajani Clinic in Benapole in a critical condition.

BSF troops entered the Bangladeshi territory and picked up Akash while he was working at a field near the border around 4:30pm, said Abdur Rahim, camp in-charge of BGB 23 Battalion.

They beat up Akash mercilessly and left the scene. Later, locals rescued Akash from the area and admitted him to the clinic, Rahim added.