BGB recovers body from Chuadanga border
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) yesterday recovered the body of a Bangladeshi national, who was allegedly beaten dead by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Tuesday night, from Thakurpur border in Chuadanga’s Damurhuda upazila.
The victim was identified as Mohammad Abdullah, 45, son of Golam Rasul of Thakurpur village in the upazila.
Deceased’s younger brother Habibur Rahman said a BSF team from Murshidabad’s Maluapara camp chased Abdullah near border pillar No 89-90 when a group of Bangladeshi men were bringing in cattle from India through Thakurpur border on Tuesday night.
BSF troops later caught Abdullah, but other members of the group somehow managed to flee the scene, Habibur said.
Being informed by the villagers, BGB members recovered Habibur’s body from the border area inside Bangladesh territory yesterday morning and handed it over to Damurhuda police, who sent it to Chuadanga Sadar Hospital for autopsy, Officer in Charge of Damurhuda Police Station Sukumar Biswas said.
Habibur claimed that Abdullah was later beaten dead by the BSF members, but BGB officials did not confirm it.
Director of BGB 6 Battalion in Chuadanga Lt Col Sazzad Hossain said they were looking into the matter.
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