Readers Respond
Here are some comments that came in response to Sunday's The Daily Star news report headlined “Pranab, Ashraf play it down”
Anonymous
There is nothing to play down. Now we just want justice. Our government should wake up and take strong stand against such atrocities by India.
Jumana Sarwar, PhD, P.Eng
I am an ordinary citizen and do not have the intelligence as the two gentlemen have. But when an ordinary citizen is murdered and brutalised by whoever it is, I become worried.
A Bangalee
As the governments of Bangladesh and India say that they are good friends, I would suggest that they should withdraw border guards from both sides. No guards, no conflict. Peace will be established.
An expat
What a symbol of good friendship between Bangladesh and India!
Shimul
Pranab and Ashraf are not worried because the casualties are poor Bangladeshis.
Mohsin
People who saw the twelve minutes uncensored video of the barbaric act of Border Security Force (BSF) cannot downplay this matter. The Indian government again proved its selfishness regarding this issue. On the other hand, why the prime minister or LGRD minister of Bangladesh ignored this issue is clear to us. They need India's support.
Anonymous
This is a blatant insult to the people of Bangladesh. The government is basically saying that it is not right to be worried when its citizens are tortured and killed by the border guards of another country! Then why on earth did we elect them?
Dr Islam
Syed Ashraful Islam's comment is insensitive and unfortunate. The voice of the offender and the victim can not be the same. Showing indifference to citizens' lives can't be the policy of a responsible government. The brutality by the Indian guards on Indo-Bangla border is just the reflection of India's attitude towards us.
M. Shafiqul Alam
Syed Ashraful Islam's comment has offended us. It lacks minimum decency that befits a minister. Hope he repents for his cruel comment.
Rathikant Basu
It is a clear case of violation of human rights and needs to be investigated by the Indian National Human Rights Commission with the assistance of its counterpart in Bangladesh. Both the countries subscribe to international conventions on human rights and such incidents cannot be condoned.
Anonymous
Bangladesh should boycott all Indian products and get the UN to impose sanction on India. The present government will not do anything because they are pro-Indian and that's why this is happening continuously.
Anonymous
It looks as if the national interests of India and Bangladesh are the same. We do not understand why Bangladesh downplays the heinous acts of India when Bangladeshi citizens are being tortured and killed by the Indian BSF. It is a shameful act on the part of Bangladesh.
London Eye
The LGRD minister rode roughshod over the issue but he is equally right to highlight illegal trespass to Indian territory and vice versa by criminals.
Shafquat Azad
I hate to say this but I believe that our sovereignty doesn't exist. That's why we can easily ignore these issues.
Abdul Patwary
They are birds of a feather. The finance minister once said, "Don't go to the bazar when the prices shoot up." He has also said in public that the looters of the stock market are so powerful that they cannot be named. Faruk Khan said, "Eat less." Now Ashraf says that the government is not "much worried" about the border incidents. They do not care about the people; they are busy with other matters.
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