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BSF suspends 8 after 'torture video'
BSF suspends 8 after 'torture video' | Bangladesh | bdnews24.com
Wed, Jan 18th, 2012 10:40 pm BdST
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Dhaka, Jan 18 (bdnews24.com) – The Indian border guards have suspended eight of their men after a video, showing a man being stripped, kicked and beaten by them, was aired today on some Indian channels.
BSF said on Wednesday night that the incident had taken place in Pashchimbanga's Murshidabad district along the Indo-Bangla border and investigation was ongoing, India's state-run news agency PTI said.
The five-minute video was first shown by NDTV, although the channel could not confirm its source and authenticity.
It shows three to four personnel donning BSF-style dark green fatigues beating up a man and tying him with sticks. Media reports say the man is suspected to be a Bangladeshi.
The Indian media was in uproar following the release of a video by NDTV where some BSF apparently men beating up a Bangladeshi near the border
.
The private TV station released the video on their website on Wednesday saying the man was beaten up after he allegedly declined them a bribe.
The video shows several BSF soldiers stripping and then beating a man, his hands tied behind his back in the incident that took place on Dec 9.
NDTV says it cannot confirm the origin or authenticity of the video released with the ticker: Caught on camera: BSF Brutality.
Ravi Kumar Ponoth, BSF's inspector-general for South Bengal, told NDTV that at first sight it seemed that some BSF personnel were indeed involved and that the Indian border was investigating the incident in the Kaharparha check post near Murshidabad border in West Bengal.
Kushtia and Rajshahi districts have border with Murshidabad.
In his first reaction, however, he had told India's Daily News and Analysis that it was unlikely the video had been shot by BSF personnel using a mobile phone, because his men are prohibited from using mobile phones when on duty.
Villagers told NDTV that the video was intentionally shot by the BSF troopers and distributed among the people to instil fear among them.
bdnews24.com/ah/sh/bd/2021h
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BSF suspends 8 after 'torture video' | Bangladesh | bdnews24.com
Wed, Jan 18th, 2012 10:40 pm BdST
Dial 2000 from your GP mobile for latest news
Aziz Hasan>/b>
Dhaka, Jan 18 (bdnews24.com) – The Indian border guards have suspended eight of their men after a video, showing a man being stripped, kicked and beaten by them, was aired today on some Indian channels.
BSF said on Wednesday night that the incident had taken place in Pashchimbanga's Murshidabad district along the Indo-Bangla border and investigation was ongoing, India's state-run news agency PTI said.
The five-minute video was first shown by NDTV, although the channel could not confirm its source and authenticity.
It shows three to four personnel donning BSF-style dark green fatigues beating up a man and tying him with sticks. Media reports say the man is suspected to be a Bangladeshi.
The Indian media was in uproar following the release of a video by NDTV where some BSF apparently men beating up a Bangladeshi near the border
.
The private TV station released the video on their website on Wednesday saying the man was beaten up after he allegedly declined them a bribe.
The video shows several BSF soldiers stripping and then beating a man, his hands tied behind his back in the incident that took place on Dec 9.
NDTV says it cannot confirm the origin or authenticity of the video released with the ticker: Caught on camera: BSF Brutality.
Ravi Kumar Ponoth, BSF's inspector-general for South Bengal, told NDTV that at first sight it seemed that some BSF personnel were indeed involved and that the Indian border was investigating the incident in the Kaharparha check post near Murshidabad border in West Bengal.
Kushtia and Rajshahi districts have border with Murshidabad.
In his first reaction, however, he had told India's Daily News and Analysis that it was unlikely the video had been shot by BSF personnel using a mobile phone, because his men are prohibited from using mobile phones when on duty.
Villagers told NDTV that the video was intentionally shot by the BSF troopers and distributed among the people to instil fear among them.
bdnews24.com/ah/sh/bd/2021h
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