Bangladeshi killed in Indian enclave

A mob torched and vandalised several houses at an Indian enclave in Sadar upazila of Panchagarh early yesterday in retaliation for the overnight killing of a Bangladeshi villager.
However, none was hurt, as the enclave dwellers had left their houses in anticipation of an attack, local police said.
Bangladeshi villagers alleged that locals of Garati, the Indian enclave, beat 50-year-old Ramzan Ali to death after he, along with some others, had trespassed on their area on Friday night.
Incensed at the killing of Ramzan and delay in handover of his body, villagers from Haribhasha, Hafizabad and Amarkhana unions attacked Garati.
After a long parley, the enclave people handed over the body yesterday morning to a five-member Bangladeshi team, which included Haribhasha Union Parishad Chairman Abul Hossain and officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station.
Banamali Bhoumik, deputy commissioner of Panchagarh, told The Daily Star that some 50 houses were either ransacked or torched.
Panchagarh Superintendent of Police Shahriar Rahman said as Bangladeshi law enforcers are not allowed to enter the enclave, local leaders were sent to ease the tension.
“The situation is now under control,” added the SP.