Of them, 413 were killed by BSF men who continued killing, injuring, abduction, rape and mugging along the border during the period.

Besides killing, 381 Bangladeshis were injured, 449 arrested, 531 abducted and seven women were raped by BSF men. Eighty-three people including eight children went missing and 40 fell victim to snatching and looting by BSF and Indian hoodlums.

"Most of the victims were poor local farmers," said the report prepared on the basis of facts collected by Odhikar's own unit and stories published in major national dailies.

The victims were gunned down while working on their lands and in most cases BSF took the bodies to India and in some cases the abducted Bangladeshis were killed there later.

Twenty-eight Bangladeshis were killed, nine injured, seven arrested and five abducted from October 10 to December 31, 2001.

In 2002, Indian miscreants and BSF men killed 105, injured 54, arrested 366 and abducted 118 Bangladeshis. Besides, 30 people including eight children went missing and 12 incidents of snatching took place during the period.

In 2003, 43 Bangladeshis were killed, 82 injured, 21 arrested, 120 abducted, two raped, eight mugged and seven went missing.

The BSF men and hoodlums killed 76, wounded 35, arrested nine and abducted 73 Bangladeshis in 2004.

In 2005, 104 people were killed, 66 injured, 26 arrested, 78 abducted, 14 went missing, three women raped and four incidents of snatching and looting took place.

Indian miscreants and BSF men killed 123 Bangladeshis, injured 135, arrested 20, kidnapped 135 and raped two women from January 1 to October 27 of this year.

Besides, 32 people went missing and eight incidents of snatching and looting also took place during the period.

Demanding proper international investigation and exemplary punishment to the perpetrators, Odhikar urged Indian and Bangladesh governments to take necessary steps to put an end to such human rights violation incidents.