Dhaka urges Delhi

Diplomatic Correspondent

Bangladesh wants India to bring border killings to an end and address the peoples’ concerns caused by the “internal issues” of India.

“We had decided to bring [down] border killings to zero, but it increased in the recent months. It is regrettable. Shringla said he would look into the matter,” Bangladesh’s Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said after a meeting with the Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla at the foreign ministry yesterday.

According to data compiled by rights watchdog Ain O Salish Kendra, at least 43 Bangladeshi citizens were killed by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in 2019, a threefold increase from the 14 in the previous year.