A 34-year-old Bangladeshi man was hacked to death by a group of Indians by entering Bangladesh territory in the Eolachhara area under Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar Sunday afternoon.
The deceased is Ahad Ali, 34, of the Eolachhara Bosti area under Kulaura upazila.
Ahad鈥檚 wife, Jamirunnesha, filed a case with Kulaura Police Station midnight past Sunday, Kulaura police station officer-in-charge Md Golam Afsar said.
鈥榃e heard that the attackers were Indian nationals,鈥� he added.
Sylvester Pathang, a member of the local ward number 3 of Karmadha Union Parishad, said that Ahad was hacked by Indian nationals inside Bangladesh territory. 鈥楾he place is five yards away from the Bangladesh-India international border.鈥�
Quoting local people, he said that the attackers were relatives of his in-laws and there was a land-related dispute between Ahad and the attackers.
Kulaura police station sub-inspector Md Farhad said that the case was filed against seven people, including Indian national Haider Ali.
According to police and local people, a part of Ahad Ali鈥檚 land fell in the Indian side鈥檚 no man鈥檚 land after setting up a barbed wire fence by India along the border.
Indian national Haider Ali took the land on lease but paid no money.
On Sunday afternoon, Ahad and Haider locked in an altercation centring the matter and, at one stage, Ahad and his associates entered Bangladesh territory, hacked Ahad indiscriminately, and returned to Indian territory.
聽Locals rescued Ahad and rushed him to Kulaura Health Complex from where he was shifted to MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital in Sylhet where doctors declared him dead in the evening, the police and locals said.
Border Guard Bangladesh officials could not be reached for comments.
Border killings continued to go unabated as at least 30 Bangladeshis were killed in BSF firing in 2024, according to rights organisation Ain O Salish Kendra.
The ASK data also showed that 31 Bangladeshis were killed in BSF firing in 2023.
From January 2009 to November 2024, the BSF reportedly killed 588 Bangladeshis and injured 773 Bangladeshis, according to rights organisation Odhikar.