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bangladesh >> published: 14:15 july 22, 2016 >> updated : 14:35 july 22, 2016
BSF 'shoots dead' Bangladeshi in Rajshahi
Our Correspondent, Rajshahi
A Bangladeshi cattle trader has been reportedly shot dead by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Rajshahi's Godagari border.
Although the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) insists the man was hacked to death, police and doctors say he was shot dead.
Locals and the victim's relatives say Abul Kalam, 40, went to the border to bring cattle with several other traders on Thursday night. He was critically injured when the BSF opened fire.
His companions brought Kalam home. He was rushed to the Rajshahi Medical College Hospital on Friday morning where he died.
An estimated 2.5 million cattle are smuggled into Bangladesh from India every year. The sheer economics of this trade makes it very difficult to stop cattle smuggling along the border.
BGB 1 battalion commander Lt Col Shahjahan Siraj said Kalam had stab wound in his head. “Someone hacked him and dumped his body in the border to divert the incident.”
Godagari model police station's OC SM Abu Forhad said Kalam's house is located around 500 yards from the border and he used to bring cattle from India.
“He was shot by BSF when he went to the border to bring cattle in the early hours of Friday. His relatives rescued him and took him to hospital.”
RMCH police outpost's Assistant Sub-Inspector Enamul Haq said a bullet had hit Kalam in the head. Doctors said Kalam had died from a bullet wound.
BSF has often been described as trigger-happy and accused of violating human rights. Although Delhi had promised to curb border killings, deaths along the border continue to occur.
http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2016/jul/22/bsf-shoots-dead-bangladeshi-rajshahi
BSF 'shoots dead' Bangladeshi in Rajshahi
Our Correspondent, Rajshahi
A Bangladeshi cattle trader has been reportedly shot dead by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Rajshahi's Godagari border.
Although the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) insists the man was hacked to death, police and doctors say he was shot dead.
Locals and the victim's relatives say Abul Kalam, 40, went to the border to bring cattle with several other traders on Thursday night. He was critically injured when the BSF opened fire.
His companions brought Kalam home. He was rushed to the Rajshahi Medical College Hospital on Friday morning where he died.
An estimated 2.5 million cattle are smuggled into Bangladesh from India every year. The sheer economics of this trade makes it very difficult to stop cattle smuggling along the border.
BGB 1 battalion commander Lt Col Shahjahan Siraj said Kalam had stab wound in his head. “Someone hacked him and dumped his body in the border to divert the incident.”
Godagari model police station's OC SM Abu Forhad said Kalam's house is located around 500 yards from the border and he used to bring cattle from India.
“He was shot by BSF when he went to the border to bring cattle in the early hours of Friday. His relatives rescued him and took him to hospital.”
RMCH police outpost's Assistant Sub-Inspector Enamul Haq said a bullet had hit Kalam in the head. Doctors said Kalam had died from a bullet wound.
BSF has often been described as trigger-happy and accused of violating human rights. Although Delhi had promised to curb border killings, deaths along the border continue to occur.
http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2016/jul/22/bsf-shoots-dead-bangladeshi-rajshahi
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