BD man ‘tortured to death’ by BSF in Satkhira

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UNB, Satkhira :
A Bangladeshi man was beaten to death allegedly by the members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Kushkhali border in Sadar upazila on Saturday.
The deceased was identified as Jagdish Goswami, 40, son of Bishnupad Goswami of Gopinathpur village of the upazila.
Major Ahsan Habib, operation officer of Satkhira-38 BGB said BSF troops of Dudoli camp picked up Jagdish early Saturday morning while he was trying to cross the border illegally.
The BSF men beat up Jagdish mercilessly and then left him near border
pillar no 9 with severe injuries.
BGB men rescued Jagdish and took him to Satkhira Sadar hospital where doctors declared him dead around 1 pm. A letter was sent to BSF authorities protesting the incident, he added.

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