Staff Reporter :
Hours after killing of two Bangladeshi traders on Lalmonirhat borders, India’s Border Security Force (BSF) reportedly killed four Bangladeshi nationals, said to be cattle traders, on the Naogaon and the Jashore borders.
Among the deceased, three were shot on the Porsha border in Naogaon, while another was tortured to death by the Indian frontier force on the Putkhali border in Sharsha upazila of Jashore district .
The deceased have been identified as Md Mofizul, 35, from Bishnupur village, Sandwip, 32, inhabitant of Bizli village, and Kamal Hossain, 34, of Patapukur in Porsha upazila under Naogaon, reports our local correspondent quoting a Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) official, who sought anonymity.
The victim tortured to death was Hanif Ali Khoka, 35, from Agrabhulat village under Sharsha upazila in Jashore, the district correspondent reports.
Shahinur Rahman, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Porsha Police Station, said that the three cattle traders were gunned down when they, along with some others, were bringing in cattle from India.
The body of Md Mofizul was recovered in the afternoon from the Bangladesh side, while the bodies of the two others are still on Indian ground, he said.
Lt Colonel Ariful Haque, Commanding Officer of 16 BGB Battalion in Naogaon, confirmed the death on the Bangladesh side.
In Jashore, Hanef was caught by BSF members of Bannabaria camp on Wednesday afternoon when he, along with some other cattle traders, were returning with cows, our Benapole correspondent reports, quoting locals.
Hanif died at one stage after he was tortured by BSF members, said Tabibar Rahman, local Union Parishad member.
BGB asked BSF for a flag meeting after the family members of Hanif informed their camp, said Subedar Mozammel Hossain, In-charge of Agrabhulat BGB camp.
In this context, the news surfaced hours after the killing of two Bangladeshi cattle traders by BSF members along the Hatibandha border in Lalmonirhat early Wednesday. The victims were identified as cattle traders Sandwip Kumar, 32, Kamal Hossain, 34, and Mufizuddin, 35.
