Dhaka lodges strong protest with Delhi over killing of Shwarna Das by BSF

Published : Thursday, 5 September, 2024 at 8:50 PM Count : 601

Bangladesh has lodged a formal protest to the Government of India over the killing of a 13-year-old Bangladeshi girl by Border Security Force (BSF) of India.

Shwarna Das, of Juri upazila in Moulvibazar district, was shot dead by BSF personnel on September 1 in the bordering district, reports UNB.

In the protest note sent to the Indian High Commission in Dhaka on Thursday, Bangladesh strongly protested and condemned such ruthless acts and expressed deep concern over the incident.

The Government of Bangladesh reminded that such incidents of border killing are undesirable and unwarranted and such actions are in violation of the provisions of the Joint Indo-Bangladesh Guidelines for Border Authorities, 1975.

The Government of Bangladesh called upon the Government of India to stop repetition of such heinous acts and conduct enquiries into all border killings, identify the responsible persons and bring them to justice.

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