The trigger-happy BSF members never have to undergo any explanation, let alone court marshal for their indiscriminate action. Their high-ups are not preventing their soldiers from killing the innocent citizens of a neighbouring country.

True, there are smugglers and criminals operating in the border area and the border is a byword for the sovereignty of a country. But the vast border with India in many areas are not explicitly recognisable and it is very much natural to cross the frontier mistakenly. The only answer to such an incident cannot be opening fire.

A high level meeting between the BDR and the BSF took place in Dhaka. The BDR included this issue on the agenda and their BSF counterpart assured of looking into the matter. Nothing has changed. How cheap is the life of our brothers and sisters to our 'biggest democracy' neighbour?