New Age | Bangladeshi teenager killed in BSF shootout near Thakurgaon border

In a span of eight days, Indian Border Security Force personnel gunned down another Bangladeshi teenager and injured two others, including the teenager's father, at the Baliadangi border in Thakurgaon early Monday, police said.

The deceased was identified as 15-year-old Joyanta Kumar Singha, while the injured were Joyanta's father Mahadev Kumar Singha and Bangdu Mohammad of Fakir Bhita village in the upazila.

Baliadangi police station duty officer Firoz Kabir said one person died in BSF fire and two others sustained bullet injuries while trying to cross the border.

The injured are being treated at Rangpur Medical College Hospital, he said, adding that BSF troops have taken away the body.

Lt. Col. Tanjir Ahmed, commander of the 50th Battalion of the Bangladesh Border Guard in Thakurgaon, said they were in touch with the BSF to bring back the body.

On September 1, 13-year-old Shwarna Das from Juri upazila in Moulvibazar district was shot dead by BSF troops.

About 45 hours after the incident, the BSF handed over the body to Bangladesh after a flag meeting with the BGB.

Bangladesh on Thursday strongly protested against these reckless acts, condemned them and expressed deep concern over the incident.

The Government of Bangladesh has recalled that such killings at the border are unwanted and unjustified and that such actions violate the provisions of the Indo-Bangladesh Joint Guidelines on Border Authorities, 1975.

The country also called on India to stop repeating such heinous acts, investigate all killings at the border, identify those responsible and bring them to justice.