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126 Bangladeshis killed by BSF, Indian intruders in last 20 months

BSS, Joypurhat
At least 126 Bangladeshi nationals were killed and 80 others injured by Border Security Force (BSF) of India and Indian intruders in last 20 months, official sources said.
About 50 people were kidnapped and their property were looted from July, 2001 to February, 2003.
Innocent Bangladeshis are being killed along Indo-Bangladesh border violating all agreed norms between the two neighboring countries.
BSF shot dead innocent Bangladesh citizens without any provocation while they were tilling their lands, harvesting crops, tending cattle, fishing or passing through near the zero line.
A number of kidnapped women were raped by BSF personnel and miscreants during the period, officials added.
Relatives of the victims along the northwestern frontiers told BSS that many families were ruined due to killing of lone earning member.
They said BSF troops opened fire all on a sudden on innocent Bangladeshi citizens without any provocation.
In 2001, BSF killed 13 Bangladeshi citizens in July, three in August, 12 in September, nine in October, five in November and seven in December.
In 2002, BSF shot dead three innocent Bangladeshis in January, 11 in February, five in March, four in April, three in May, 14 in June, six in July, seven in August, four in September, five in October, six in November and three in December.
This year BSF killed four Bangladeshis in January and two in February.
In almost all the cases, BSF took away bodies of the dead entering Bangladeshi territory and kept confined the injured inside their territory. BSF always showed dillydally attitude to return the bodies causing immense suffering to the relatives.
BDR sat in flag meetings with BSF to get back dead bodies and injured persons. Families of the
victims always got the bodies in mutilated condition.
BDR officials and jawans said they never opened fire on innocent Indians, even after provocation from the Indian side.
"But it is very unfortunate that BSF always did it and killed unarmed innocent Bangladeshi citizens," said one official to BSS.
In the BDR-BSF flag meetings the Indian side always tried to prove the victims to be miscreants, smugglers or anti-social elements which was totally false and baseless.
In the past, BSF always regretted for the killings and assured BDR of stopping recurrence of such incident in future.
But they never kept their commitment, a BDR official said to this correspondent adding they did not pay heed to the resolution of Director General (DG) level meeting of BDR and BSF. In the resolutions BSF was asked not to open fire on innocent people, but to arrest them if they cross illegally the demarcation line."
BDR sources said when they arrested any Indian citizen, they handed them over to BSF at the earliest upholding the values of human rights as per agreed norms between the two forces. Only criminals were handed over to police for legal action.
Pointing to recent push-in bids by BSF, BDR officials said such move by any trained troops are unprecedented. The push-in victims suffer a lot, they are seriously humiliated. It is a violation of Indo-Bangla joint border guidelines signed in 1975.
Talking to BSS, relatives of victims in Rajivpur, Roumari, Nageswari, Bhurungamari, Fulbari, Kurigram, Lalmonirhat, Panchagarh, Thakurgaon, Dinajpur and Chapainawabganj expressed their sorrow and anger over killing of their near and dear ones by BSF.
Most of the victims were daylabourers, fishermen and poor farmers, they said to BSS. They have appealed to international human rights organisations to look into the matter.