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Border Killing

India formally regretted, says MKA

Star Report
India has formally regretted the recent border killings of Bangladeshis by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF), Home Minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir said yesterday.
Sources at the foreign ministry, however, said the neighbouring country was yet to reply to the note of protest Bangladesh sent to its external affairs ministry through the Indian High Commission in Dhaka on January 7.
The note contained tough words against border killings that have continued even after
repeated assurances from the highest political level of the Indian leadership that such unwanted incidents would stop, the sources said.
Muhiuddin made the remark following a meeting with Indian High Commissioner Pankaj Saran at his secretariat office in the capital.
Asked about the inconsistency between the two ministries' statements over the issue, foreign ministry officials said their ministry had not yet received any official letter from India.
Since the protest letter had been sent by the foreign ministry, it was supposed to receive the reply, they added.
Meanwhile, Home Minister Muhiuddin said both India and Bangladesh were investigating the kill-
ings of six people by BSF in Thakurgaon, Chapainawabganj and Joypurhat frontiers since January 1.
Citing his visit to India in December last year, the minister said the two countries that time agreed in principle that there would be no shooting on the border except for the case of self-defence.
India was investigating the recent border shootings, he added.
Replying to a query about the talks with the Indian high commissioner, Muhiuddin said they talked about issues likely to be discussed during the visit of Indian Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde to Dhakafrom January 28 to 30.
Meanwhile, our Kushtia correspondent reported that
BSF picked up a Bangladeshi national from Putkhali border point under Jibannagar upzila of Chuadanga district Wednesday night.
He was identified as Ripon Hossain, 26, of Harinagar village of Chuadanga.
Being informed, the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) communicated with BSF.
Quoting BSF officials, Lt Col Gazi Asaduzzaman, commander of the BGB 35 battalion, said Ripon went to his sister's house in a bordering village of India without legal documents she days ago and that BSF caught him as he was about to return home.
BGB sent a letter asking the Indian border force for a flag meeting so that it could get Ripon back, he added.