BSF beats Bangladeshi dead

India's Border Security Force (BSF) personnel beat a Bangladeshi youth to death at Benapole border under Sharsha upazila in Jessore district on Monday. The dead is Sirajul Islam, 25, a cattle trader and son of Akbar Ali, a resident of Jhikargachha upazila headquarters. Lieutenant Colonel Mostafizur Rahman, commanding officer of BGB 23 Battalion, said Sirajul caught at Putkhali border point was mercilessly beaten by a group of BSF troops from Angrail camp, leaving him injured around 4:00am, when he was returning with cattle from the Indian side with other cattle traders. Sirajul was rescued by the cattle traders who were taking him home along the Putkhali border where he succumbed to his injuries in the morning. On information, police recovered the body, said Apurba Hasan, officer-in-charge of Benapole Port Police Station, according to UNB.