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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Local admin slaps ban on rallies around Felani’s house
Tension mounted in the bordering Ramkhana village in Nageshwari of Kurigram as the local unit of Awami League has called a programme at the venue where some BNP leaning freedom fighters and intellectuals are scheduled to hold a rally today in protest at the killing of Felani, a teenage girl, by the Indian border guards. ... Read more
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
India regrets Felani killing
India yesterday regretted the killing of a teenage Bangladeshi girl on Phulbari border in Kurigram by its Border Security Force (BSF). “Indian side expressed their sympathies and regrets at the recent killing of a minor girl at the border,” according to a joint press statement issued at the conclusion of the two-day
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,