BBC
A video showing Indian border guards torturing a suspected Bangladeshi cow smuggler has prompted widespread condemnation and anger in Bangladesh.
The mobile phone footage shows the soldiers stripping and assaulting a suspected smuggler in Murshidabad.
The grainy video shows a young man being stripped, bound to a bamboo pole and beaten by the soldiers. It is not clear who shot the video.
"There is no doubt that the act is a despicable one. It is evident that eight soldiers were involved in this incident which happened on 9 December," senior BSF official Ravi Ponoth told the BBC.
Mr Ponoth said the soldiers were on duty at the a border outpost in Raninagar area of Murshidabad.
Tension
Bangladeshi media and human rights groups condemned the beating and social networking sites like Facebook are also full of comments by angry citizens.
A video showing Indian border guards torturing a suspected Bangladeshi cow smuggler has prompted widespread condemnation and anger in Bangladesh.
The mobile phone footage shows the soldiers stripping and assaulting a suspected smuggler in Murshidabad.
The grainy video shows a young man being stripped, bound to a bamboo pole and beaten by the soldiers. It is not clear who shot the video.
"There is no doubt that the act is a despicable one. It is evident that eight soldiers were involved in this incident which happened on 9 December," senior BSF official Ravi Ponoth told the BBC.
Mr Ponoth said the soldiers were on duty at the a border outpost in Raninagar area of Murshidabad.
Tension
Bangladeshi media and human rights groups condemned the beating and social networking sites like Facebook are also full of comments by angry citizens.