Felani killing: Ghose found innocent again!

The General Security Forces Court or GSFC of India's Border Security Force has upheld a previous court of inquiry verdict absolving its trooper Amiya Ghose of murder charges. Ghose was accused of murdering Bangladeshi girl Felani Khatun. The BSF has not formally announced the GFSC verdict as it needs clearance of its Director General. But BSF sources told bdnews24.com that the GFSC has found Ghose not guilty after extensive deliberations on Thursday night. Felani's family can challenge the GFSC verdict in an Indian court. The GFSC is BSF's own court and the five senior officials who sat on judgement over the Felani murder had also conducted the initial court of inquiry against Ghose. On June 6, 2013, the initial court of inquiry had acquitted Ghose of the murder charges and found him not guilty. Felani was killed and her dead body left hanging on the border fence for several hours in January 2011. She was trying to cross back to her country Bangladesh from India with her father after her marriage was settled. After a huge furore over the initial court of inquiry in Bangladesh, the BSF ordered a fresh look at the case in September last year. But BSF trooper Ghose lost consciousness after four days of hearing and his blood pressure was reported very high. Later he was found to be suffering from kidney ailments and put on dialysis. The final hearing at the GFSC started on June 30 and continued until late on Thursday afternoon.