2024-09-12 10:03:31
Published: 22:12, 10 September 2024
Dhaka has strongly protested to the Indian government over the killing of a 16-year-old Bangladeshi teenager named Jayant Kumar Singh alias Jambu by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on the border of Baliadangi Upazila in Thakurgaon district.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced this information in a circular on Tuesday (September 10). According to the notification, Bangladesh expressed deep concern in a protest note sent to the Indian High Commission in Dhaka on Tuesday.
The protest note noted that such killings continued despite the Indian authorities adopting non-lethal tactics and repeated promises to stop the killings. The government of Bangladesh condemned this brutal act.
According to the protest note, if a citizen of a country enters the territory of another country without valid documents, action can be taken according to the laws of the respective country. Under no circumstances should they be subjected to torture and death.
The Government of Bangladesh has called upon the Government of India to prevent the recurrence of such barbaric acts, investigate all border-related killings, identify the responsible persons and bring them to justice.
On September 9 (Monday), Jayant Kumar Singh alias Jambu was killed by BSF firing on the border of Baliadangi upazila in Thakurgaon district. Earlier on September 1, another Bangladeshi girl was killed in the same way at Moulvibazar border.
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