A guarded regret from India followed the brutal killing of Bangladeshi girl Felani on January 7 by its border force. A “promise” of no more deaths on the border came from Delhi in March. A meeting of the two border forces also agreed on use of non-lethal weapons. But the Indian force remains trigger-happy and ... Read more
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India initiates probe of Felani killing
Indo-Bangla talks end, Delhi pledges to stop border killing India has initiated a ‘court of inquiry’ into the recent killing of a Bangladeshi minor girl in the border by its Border Security Force, according to Indian home affairs secretary. It also iterated its assurance, at the 11th India-Bangladesh home secretary-level talks that concluded in Dhaka ... Read more
Petition filed over Felani murder
A writ petition has been filed with the High Court seeking trial of those who failed to protest at the killing of a Bangladeshi girl ‘Felani’, who was shot dead by Indian border guards along the Kurigram border. The National Forum for Protection of Human Rights filed the petition on Monday with the bench of ... Read more
Felani killing by BSF gross HR violation: Odhikar
Human rights organization Odhikar in a fact-finding report it released on Sunday said that India’s Border Security Force had breached the border agreement between Bangladesh and India by killing innocent girl Felani Khatun. The report, which interviewed the victim’s family, villagers,