The Bangladesh foreign ministry on Tuesday registered a protest with the Indian government over the killing of a 16-year-old boy named Jayanta Jambu by India’s border security personnel on 9 September.

BSF killed Jayanta, hailing from Baliadangi upazila of Thakurgaon district, along India’s border with Thakurgaon, said a press release.

In the protest note sent to the Indian High Commission in Dhaka, the foreign ministry expressed grave concern that despite repeated commitments from the Indian authorities to pursue non-lethal strategy and stop killings, such incidents of killing have been continuing.

While the Bangladesh government denounces these ruthless acts, it maintains that any national of either country entering each other’s territory without valid documents may be dealt with in accordance with the laws of the respective country and under no circumstances should they be subjected to torture and death.

The Bangladesh interim government called upon the Indian government to prevent the recurrence of such ruthless acts, investigate all border-related killings, identify those responsible and bring them to justice.

BSDT: 2130 HRS, SEPT 10, 2024
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