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BSF won’t stop firing, totally

Says its chiefi rights boss rejects his remark

Star Report
Chief of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) U K Bansal has said it would not be possible to put a total stop to the firing along the India-Bangladesh border as his troops must take steps to stop the offenders.
“It would never be possible to totally stop firing; for as long the criminal activities continue along the border, we shall have to prevent the offenders. And that is the
duty of BSF,” he told the BBC Bangla service on Tuesday.
The BSF director general's comments came amidst growing concerns over some recent BSF excesses on several Bangladeshis. The BBC to the fact referred that New York-based Human Rights Watch has recently dubbed BSF as a “trigger happy force."
Following the barbaric torture of a Bangladeshi youth recently by Says its chiefi rights boss rejects his remark some BSF men as depicted on an Indian TV channel, leading Indian daily The Hindu has asked New Delhi to offer apology to Bangladesh for such a brutal act.
The torture of Habibur Rahman of Chapainawabganj by the BSF soldiers sparked protests by the civil society and international human rightswatchdogs.
Quoting BSF claims, BBC also reported that a gang of cattle smugglers in a February 4 assault on BSF men at Swarupnagar border of Uttar Chabbish Parganas district of Paschimbanga killed an Indian border guard.
Contacted, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Dr Mizanur Rahman said, “I strongly protest the comments of die BSF chief and I think such statements could harm the friendly relationship between the two countries.”
"Considering the existing relationship, it seems to me that it is BSF chief's personal remark,” he mentioned.
Meanwhile, the NHRC chairman at a function yesterday said the matter of Indian BSF's brutality along the border would be taken to the United Nations, reports UNB.
He was addressing the event marking the inauguration of Brahmanbaria district committee of the commission.
“The killing incidents are not acceptable. If it is not stopped, we will raise the issue in the Human Rights Council of the United Nations," he noted.
“We have written to the chairman of Indian National Human Rights Commission urging him to take up the border killings with its central government for immediate steps to stop killing of innocent Bangladeshis,” maintained Mizanur.
Brahmanbaria Deputy Commissioner M Abdul Mannan, Additional Superintendent of Police Faisal Mahmud and district unit president of NHRC M Biplob were present.