Indian border guards torture two Bangladeshi cattle traders to death
They were tortured to death, allege families
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) allegedly tortured two Bangladeshis to death at Fatehpur border in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj on Wednesday.
The victims were identified as Abdul Hakim, 35, of Thutapara village, and Sharif, 25, of Khorial village in Shibganj upazila.
Locals and family members of the victims said Hakim and Sharif were going to the Indian territory through the border to bring some cattle on Tuesday night.
A patrol team of 20 BSF Battalion in West Bengal's Malda district detained the duo and tortured them, family members claimed.
Later, the BSF jawans left them inside Bangladesh territory at Fatehpur border point.
Locals found Hakim's dead body and injured Sharif lying at the frontier, and informed the BGB of the matter on Wednesday evening.
Sharif was rushed to Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital where he died at night, said Lt Col Abu Zafar Sheikh Mohammad Bazlul Haque, commanding officer of 9 BGB Battalion.
Sharif's body bore several injury marks, he said.
Shibganj police recovered the body of Hakim from the border point and sent it to Chapainawabganj Sadar Hospital morgue for an autopsy.
There were injury marks on the body, said Moazzem Hossain, a sub-inspector of Shibganj Police Station.
Meanwhile, BGB in a flag meeting with the BSF protested the killing of two Bangladeshis yesterday.