The border guards of India tortured a Bangladeshi cattle trader after picking him up on Agrobulot border in Jessore’s Sharsha upazila yesterday. Cattle trading is illegal in India.
His companions were however able to flee back to Bangladesh.
Abdul Malek Khokon, 28, son of Asrhad Ali from Agrobulot area, was now receiving treatment at a public hospital in Kolkata in the State of India’s West Bengal. His shifting indicated that he had seriously been injured in the BSF torture.
Locals said several Bangladeshi cattle traders were returning home along with cows from India by crossing the Ichhamati, a trans-border river yesterday, when Border Security Force (BSF) members chased and were able to pick up only Khokon, one of the cattle traders.
Meanwhile, Khokon made an attempt to flee, but he was shot by the BSF members and fell to the ground. The BSF members then took him to Jhaudanga camp and tortured him there.
Agrobulet BGB Camp Commander Nayek Subedar Nurul Islam said Khokon had been injured by a type of splinter, not by any bullet. He had received splinter injuries from head to hands on the left side.
He said they had protested against this and held a flag meeting with the BSF, soon after the incident, from 11:40am to 12:00 at midday. The BSF had promised that they would hand over Khokon whenever he recovered.