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Torture on Bangladeshi for Bribe

Prosecute BSF for brutality

Rights watchdog spurs India; Indian home minister says culprits to get severe punishment

Star Report
The Indian government should prosecute members of its security forces for the recent high-profile cases of torture, to send a message that such practices will no longer be tolerated, Human RightsWatch (HRW) said yesterday.
The New York-based rights watchdog expressed deep concern over the recent incident of torture of a Bangladeshi citizen by BSF men in Murshidabad district of West Bengal, saying that the Indian Border Security Force has long been implicated in torture and extrajudicial killings near the border with Bangladesh.
Meanwhile, Indian Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said he has assured the Bangladesh government that those found guilty of torturing a Bangladeshi national in Murshidabad would get severe punishment, reports our New Delhi correspondent.
Chidambaram was talking to reporters at Shastri Bhawan in New Delhi yesterday.
The incident of torture at Murshidabad on December 9 last year was captured in a video and later posted on YouTube.
“These horrific images of torture on video show what rights groups have long documented: that India's Border Security Force is out of control,” said HRW South Asia Director Meenakshi Ganguly.
“The Indian government is well aware of killings and torture at the border, but has never prosecuted the troops responsible. This video provides a clear test case of whether the security forces are above the law in India,” HRW said in its yesterday's news release.
The video, reportedly filmed by a BSF soldier, shows members of the BSF's 105th Battalion stripping Bangladeshi cattle smuggler Habibur Rahman, tying him up and beating him, while laughing and engaging in verbal abuse.
The BSF men illegally detained and tortured him and then left him to make his way back home instead of handing him over to the police as required by the Indian law, the news release said.
After MASUM, a Kolkatabased non-governmental organisation, released the video to local news channels, the BSF suspended eight soldiers and ordered an inquiry.
"However, despite clear evidence of abuse, to date no criminal charges have been filed against any soldiers,” it reads.
In December 2010, HRW, together with MASUM and Dhaka-based Odhikar, published '"Trigger Happy': Excessive Use of Force by Indian Troops at the Bangladesh Border."
The report documented numerous cases of indiscriminate use of force, arbitrary detention, torture, and killings by the BSF, and highlighted the failure of the Indian government.
After the report's release, the Indian government ordered an end to the use of lethal force except in cases of self-defence. While the number of killings decreased, allegations of killings and torture have continued, said the HRW.
The rights watchdog also called upon the Indian government to ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and to enact the Prevention of Torture bill.
CHIDAMBARAM FOR SEVERE PUNISHMENT
The Indian home minister pointed out that the day the incident of torture of the Bangladeshi man came to light, action was taken by suspending eight BSF personnel and ordering of an inquiry.
The incident was "unfortunate" and "I strongly condemn it", Chidambaram said.
He also mentioned that there had been no cross-border firing incident since his visit to Dhaka in August last year and "the situation has improved".
Chidambaram said the border management by both the countries was working well since his last visit to Dhaka.