BD national beaten to death by BSF

NAOGAON, Aug 6: A Bangladeshi national was beaten to death  allegedly by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Nitpur border in Porsha upazila early Thursday. The deceased was identified as Jaria Murmu, 40, a resident of Nitpur  village of the upazila. Lt Col Rafiqul Hasan, commanding officer of BGB battalion-14, said the BSF troops of Jagjitpur camp attacked a group of Bangladeshi men, including Jaria, while they were returning from India with cattle around 5:00am. At one stage, BSF members beat Jaria mercilessly, leaving him dead on the spot.    — UNB