154 killed in ‘gunfights’ in 2016: HR

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Jessore Correspondent :
A total of 154 people were killed in ‘gunfights’ across the country in the outgoing year 2016 while some 463 cases of torture by the police were taken place, said a report revealed by human rights organization in Jessore on Saturday.
Biboy Krishna Mallik, executive director, Rights Jessore told that the report was prepared on newspaper reports.
The report said a total of 651 cases of missing were taken place across the country during 2016 of who 77 are women, 303 men, 178 male children and 93 female children. Of the missing, some 41 people were rescued.’ Indian Border Security Force killed a total of 35 Bangladeshis, abducted 48 and tortured 27 Bangladeshis’, the report added.

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