BD protests against girl's killing by BSF

Bangladesh has lodged a strong protest against the killing of Bangladeshi girl Swarna Das by the Border Security Force (BSF) of India.

The 13-year-old of Juri upazila in Moulvibazar district was shot dead on the border on 01 September 2024.

Bangladesh's foreign ministry sent a formal protest note to the Indian High Commission in Dhaka on Thursday.

Bangladesh has strongly protested and condemned such ruthless acts and expressed deep concerns over the border killing, said a spokesperson for the foreign ministry.

The interim government of Bangladesh has called upon the government of India to stop recurrence of such heinous acts and conduct enquiries into all border killings, identify responsible persons and bring them to justice.

Bangladesh reminded that such incidents of border killing are undesirable and unwarranted and such actions are in violation of the provisions of the Joint Indo-Bangladesh Guidelines for Border Authorities, 1975.

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