Felani killing trial
M Nurul Islam, father of Felani killed by BSF, and her maternal uncle M Abdul Hanif testified on Monday before a special court constituted by Border Security Force (BSF) in Cooch Behar of India at the trial of the killing of the Bangladesh girl. Kurigram public prosecutor Abraham Lincoln who is also taking part in the trial proceedings as a lawyer told UNB over telephone Sunday night that the trial proceedings began at 10 am and ended at 5pm when Nurul and Hanif made their depositions.
Indian defence officer Mr Sindhu assisted by Ananda Jyoti Majumder cross-examined them.
BSF jawan Amiya Ghosh who shot the Bangladeshi innocent girl was present at the court. The depositions will continue on Tuesday.
Earlier, on Sunday, Nurul, Hanif, BGB representative Lt Col Ziaul Haque Khaled, commanding officer of BGB Battalion-45, and Abraham Lincoln went to India to make their depositions at the trial.
Over two and half years into the incident, the trial of the murder of Bangladeshi girl Felani began on Tuesday at the BSF special court in Cooch Behar.
Felani, a 15-year-old girl, was shot dead by the BSF men while she was entering Bangladesh over the barbed-wire fences along Anantapur border point in the district on January 7, 2011.
Amid the BGB’s consistent efforts, the BSF headquarters formed the General Security Force Court to punish those responsible for the incident after an investigation.
-With UNB/The Independent input
