Dhaka protests to India, demands trial

The government has lodged a formal protest to the government of India on the killing of a Bangladeshi national, Kamal Hossain, hailing from Sadar South upazila, Cumilla, who was shot dead by Border Security Force (BSF).

The foreign ministry issued a notification in this regard on Wednesday (October 9).

In the notification sent to the Indian High Commission in Dhaka, Bangladesh expressed deep concern, stating that despite repeated assurances from Indian authorities to reduce border killings to "zero," such incidents by the BSF continue to recur. A ministry spokesperson reiterated that this persistent issue is alarming.

Bangladesh stressed that such incidents of border killing are undesirable and unwarranted; and such actions are in violation of the provisions of the Joint Indo-Bangladesh Guidelines for Border Authorities, 1975, said the statement.