BSF kill another Bangladeshi, order to shoot at sight
Monday, 21 July 2008
Indian BSF killed yet another Bangladeshi national at Raghunathpur border Saturday morning in its aggressive posture with order to shoot at sight after sunset, reports UNB from Benapole.
The body of unidentified man in his late 20s was found lying in the field along the border. The body bore marks of multiple wounds. Villagers said the BSF-troops crossed the border and left the body in the field in the morning.
BSF shot dead two BDR-personnel in Chapainawabganj border Thursday night and two traders in Jessore border on Friday. Reports from across the border said BSF whipped up tension along the border by ordering its troops to shoot at sight after sunset.
Meanwhile, Foreign Secretary Touhid Hossain Sunday said he raised with his Indian counterpart in New Delhi the killing of 73 Bangladeshi civilians this year by BSF along the border, which is "unacceptable."
"I told my counterpart that India is our friendly neighbour. Such huge number of killing of the civilians is unacceptable," he told reporters at the Foreign Ministry on his return from the Foreign Office Consultations, held in the Indian capital on July 17.
Touhid said the Indian side recognised Dhaka's concern, and a mechanism would be worked out at the next home secretary-level meeting, to be held in August to stop the killing along the border.
The foreign secretary has termed unwarranted the killing of two BDR-personnel by Indian BSF in Chapainawabganj Thursday midnight. He said the Foreign Ministry lodged a strong protest against the incident with the Indian government.
Replying to a question, he said there had not been any discussion on Indian proposal for transit facilities through Bangladesh. Touhid, however, said Bangladesh proposed a new bus route - Dhaka-Gouhati-Shillong - and to make Dhaka-Kolkata passenger train service viable by reducing the time for immigration.
He informed that the two sides agreed on border rivers' protection, and a joint technical committee would meet soon to prepare a common design of the bank protection embankment.
The meeting, he said, discussed issues concerning the trade imbalance, sharing of water of the common rivers particularly the Teesta, exchange of enclaves, demarcation of the maritime boundary, and sharing information on terrorism and bird-flu.
Replying to a query, the foreign secretary said that within one month the remaining quantity of 500,000 tonnes of rice would arrive from India. Besides, he said he requested his counterpart Shiv Shankar Menon to lift restrictions on exporting rice following good harvest in India.
Touhid said that during the meeting, he also raised the issue of trade deficit of more than $1.9 billion, and demanded removal of barriers to Bangladesh exports to Indian market. Menon assured that he would convey Dhaka's concern to the Ministry of Commerce.
Touhid called on Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukerjee on July 18. The Indian Minister hoped that cooperation in different fields between the two countries would increase.
The body of unidentified man in his late 20s was found lying in the field along the border. The body bore marks of multiple wounds. Villagers said the BSF-troops crossed the border and left the body in the field in the morning.
BSF shot dead two BDR-personnel in Chapainawabganj border Thursday night and two traders in Jessore border on Friday. Reports from across the border said BSF whipped up tension along the border by ordering its troops to shoot at sight after sunset.
Meanwhile, Foreign Secretary Touhid Hossain Sunday said he raised with his Indian counterpart in New Delhi the killing of 73 Bangladeshi civilians this year by BSF along the border, which is "unacceptable."
"I told my counterpart that India is our friendly neighbour. Such huge number of killing of the civilians is unacceptable," he told reporters at the Foreign Ministry on his return from the Foreign Office Consultations, held in the Indian capital on July 17.
Touhid said the Indian side recognised Dhaka's concern, and a mechanism would be worked out at the next home secretary-level meeting, to be held in August to stop the killing along the border.
The foreign secretary has termed unwarranted the killing of two BDR-personnel by Indian BSF in Chapainawabganj Thursday midnight. He said the Foreign Ministry lodged a strong protest against the incident with the Indian government.
Replying to a question, he said there had not been any discussion on Indian proposal for transit facilities through Bangladesh. Touhid, however, said Bangladesh proposed a new bus route - Dhaka-Gouhati-Shillong - and to make Dhaka-Kolkata passenger train service viable by reducing the time for immigration.
He informed that the two sides agreed on border rivers' protection, and a joint technical committee would meet soon to prepare a common design of the bank protection embankment.
The meeting, he said, discussed issues concerning the trade imbalance, sharing of water of the common rivers particularly the Teesta, exchange of enclaves, demarcation of the maritime boundary, and sharing information on terrorism and bird-flu.
Replying to a query, the foreign secretary said that within one month the remaining quantity of 500,000 tonnes of rice would arrive from India. Besides, he said he requested his counterpart Shiv Shankar Menon to lift restrictions on exporting rice following good harvest in India.
Touhid said that during the meeting, he also raised the issue of trade deficit of more than $1.9 billion, and demanded removal of barriers to Bangladesh exports to Indian market. Menon assured that he would convey Dhaka's concern to the Ministry of Commerce.
Touhid called on Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukerjee on July 18. The Indian Minister hoped that cooperation in different fields between the two countries would increase.