The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has protested against the killing of Bangladeshis along the border with India.
The Rangpur Region of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) of the North Bengal Frontier held a meeting at the Banglabandha-Phulbari ICP on the Bangladesh-India border around 12pm on Thursday.
BSF troopers shot dead 15-year-old Bangladeshi youth Jayanta Kumar Singh at the Baliadangi point on September 9. BGB's Thakurgaon Sector Commander Colonel Muhammad Towhidur Rahman said they strongly condemned the killing, according to a BGB handout on Friday (September 13).
In response, Inspector General (IG) of BSF North Bengal Frontier Surya Kumar Sharma expressed regret for the “unexpected incident” by the BSF and assured the BGB delegation that the "BSF would not open fire on any Bangladeshi citizens at the border areas in the future", the BGB official added.
The meeting was also attended, among others, by Rangpur Region Commander of the BGB Brigadier General Khandaker Shafiquzzaman, Deputy Inspectors General (DIGs) of the Siliguri and Kishanganj sectors and other BGB and BSF officials.
Both the paramilitary forces also agreed to work jointly on curbing cross-border crimes, preventing illegal border crossing and raising awareness among the citizens of both countries residing in the border areas.
Border killing has been a contentious bilateral issue. The trigger-happy BSF continues to kill unarmed Bangladeshis despite repeated promises from Delhi to curb border deaths.
