BSF member suspended for ‘assaulting’ Bangladeshi woman

A BSF man has been suspended over the molestation of a Bangladeshi woman on Dhaka-bound Moitree Express train from Kolkata on Monday morning.

A press release of India's Border Security Force said Constable Veeranna Bhavi of 99 Battalion BSF was found involved in the incident after inquiry.

The BSF is extending all cooperation to the railway authorities for taking further legal action in this matter, added the release, issued by the South Bengal Frontier of the force yesterday.

The incident took place after the train left Kolkata Railway Station for Dhaka around 7:00am on Monday, according to a complaint lodged with India's Government Railway Police.

A BSF company of the 99 Battalion is deployed to provide security on the train from Kolkata to Gede and back.