BSF abducts youth from Kurigram border village
Indian guards kill 6 in frontier areas of Rangpur division in last one month
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday abducted a youth from a border area of Kurigram while they shot dead at least six Bangladeshis in Rangpur division in the last one month.
BSF on Monday morning abducted Nur Jamal, 25, from south Bashjani border area under Bhurungamari upazila of Kurigram district, reports our correspondent.
Nur Jamal son of Md Ayeaz Uddin of the border village.
According to Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) and locals, Jamal's house is situated about 300 meters of the border. As he went out of his house for a stroll early in the morning, he mistakenly entered into no-man's land area because of dense fog.
BSF personnel of Dighaltari border camp arrested him and took him to their camp.
Hearing the incident, BGB authorities at Moydan camp sent a letter to the BSF to return the youth. But the BSF did not response till writing this report at 3.00pm yesterday.
BSF shot dead at least six Bangladeshis in the frontier areas of Rangpur division in the last one month, reports our Rangpur correspondent.
Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) sources said, on December 17, BSF killed one Abdur Rashid, 40, in Chhatnai frontier area under Domar upazila in Nilphamari and another Abdur Rashid, 30, at Uttom Gomati border under Domar upazila in Nilphamari, on December 19, Saifur, 22, at Doikhawa border under Hatibandha upazila in Lalmonirhat, on December 26, Osman, 32, at Burimari border in Lalmonirhat district, on December 28 members of BGB recovered body of an unidentified youth from Mahmudpur border under Birampur upazila in Dinajpur and on January 6, Felani, at Ramkhana border in Kurigram.
Locals of respective bordering areas claimed that BSF members killed all the Bangladeshi citizens without any provocation.
Contacted, Commanding Officer (CO) of Rangpur Sector said they lodged protest after every killing by BSF.
He said, “In fact, BSF never allowed anyone on the no-man's land from dusk to dawn. Most of the killings took place at dawn.”
The CO said they several times urged the BSF to arrest the intruders and hand them over to BGF instead of killing.
“Even we urged them to resort to blank fire if anyone tries to cross border. But they hardly pay heed to our call.”
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel.
Comments