Members of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) killed 86 Bangladesh nationals along Dinajpur border during the last seven years. This was revealed at a roundtable at Dinajpur Press Club on Sunday. Relief International with support from Human Rights of Labour and US State Department hosted the roundtable titled ‘Human Rights on Bangladesh-India Border’. Giving the statistics of year-wise killings, the speakers said the BSF troops killed 21 Bangladeshis in 2007, 12 in 2008, 19 in 2009, 8 in 2010, 11 in 2011, 13 in 2012, and 2 in last eight months of the ongoing year. Press Club president Chitta Ghosh, Nayek Subedar Nazmul Hasan of Dinajpur-2 BGB, and vice- president of local Chamber of Commerce Anwarul Islam, among others, spoke at the roundtable. The speakers said the BSF troops killed the Bangladesh nationals by firing gunshots or through hacking while they were working in their own fields adjacent to the border. They said though the BSF authorities have time and again promised not to kill people along the border, but such unprovoked killings on borders have not decreased. The speakers also stressed the need for setting up mills and industries to ensure employment for the people living near the border as they engage in smuggling through the borders for want of regular source of income. According to available information, BSF have killed nearly 1,000 Bangladeshis, including children, along the borders in the last 10 years. Is this friendship you tell now? He is not our friend, he is only our selfish neighbor!
Posted on: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 18:15:46 +0000
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