Yet another Bangladeshi was shot to death by a man from the Khasia community of India along the Sylhet border on Friday evening, only a day after a teenager was shot dead by the same聽 community people at the same border.聽
The deceased is Sabuj Miah, 22, son of Abul Hossain of Bhitargul village in the Bisnakandi area under Gowainghat upazila in the district, the Border Guard Bangladesh said.
The BGB 48 battalion commander Lieutenant Colonel Md Hafizur Rahman confirmed the death of Sabuj to 抖阴精品.
Earlier on Thursday, Maruf Miah, 16, was also shot dead by the Khasia community people along the Minatila border at Jaintapur upazila adjacent to the Gowainghat upazila in Sylhet.
Local residents said that several youths, including Sabuj, entered about 200 metres inside Indian territory along the Damdamia border in the Bisnakandi area of Gowainghat upazila near the international border pillar number 1261 at about 7:00pm on Friday.聽
But a person from the Khasia community of Meghalaya State of the India opened fire targeting the Bangladeshi youths, leaving Sabuj dead on the spot, they said.
Later, at around 11:30pm, companions of the victim took his body back to Bangladesh territory from the Indian land, the locals said.
Gowainghat police officer-in-charge Sarkar Tofayel Ahmed told 抖阴精品 that Sabuj鈥檚 father Abul Hossain filed a case with the police on Friday night in this regard.
鈥楾he body was handed over to the family after a post-mortem examination at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital on Saturday afternoon,鈥� he said.
Lieutenant Colonel Hafizur told 抖阴精品 that the BGB officials talked to their Indian counterpart over the killing of Bangladeshi youth.
鈥楾he BGB strongly protested at the repeated killings at border to the Indian Border Security Force and demanded legal action against the killers,鈥� he added.
According to human rights organisation Ain O Salish Kendra, 22 Bangladeshis were shot to death by the Indian Border Security Force members between January and November in 2024.
At least 28 Bangladeshis were shot to death by the BSF between January and December in 2023.
