Bangladeshi hacked to death by BSF men on Lalmonirhat border

[kobiraaz]

LALMONIRHAT: A Bangladeshi citizen was hacked to death by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel on Bamondal border in Patgram upazila sometime Saturday.



The deceased was identified as Rafiqul Islam, 30, son of Bahar Uddin of Burimari union in Patgram upazila.

After the killing, the BSF men threw the body into the river Saniajan Sunday.

Bahar Uddin told banglanews that Rafiqul went out of the house after Zohr prayers Saturday and his body was retrieved from the river at 10:30am Sunday.

According to a BGB source, “A BSF patrol team from BF Bari camp of Koch Bihar-104 BSF battalion picked up Rafiqul from near Bamondal border pillar No. 835 on Saturday afternoon. Later, his body was recovered form Saniajan River on Sunday morning.”

“He was beaten and hacked to death”, he said.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) sent a letter to the BSF protesting the killing.

The Bangladeshi national was hacked to death in an apparent change of ruthless action from shooting on sight to chopping.

BSF, at a commander-level flag meeting with Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) on July 16, promised to their Bangladesh counterpart that the BSF troops would not shoot anyone on sight on the frontier.

Bangladeshi hacked to death by BSF men on Lalmonirhat border

 

[IndianArmy]

Rest in Piece.. A sad incident indeed...

 

[notsuperstitious]

What propaganda by these Jamatis. See how other BD sources are reporting the news. How the first source posted by OP as usual hides the fact that he was a cattle trader (aren't they all?), that it just says he 'went out after prayers' thats a lie as he was returning from India at night?

A cattle trader (ahum ahum) crossing the border at night by crossing a river! Yeesh, this is not at all important for this Jamati source! What pathetic propaganda!

I feel sorry for this poor individual, but BD forces should do more than doing flag meetings and stop these smugglers!

A Bangladeshi cattle trader was killed after being hit by stones thrown by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Burimari frontier in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat early Sunday.


On information, Patgram police recovered the body of Rafiqul Islam, 32, from Saniyazan river with the help of locals in the morning, said Murshidul Karim, officer-in-charge of Patgarm Police Station.


Subedar Based Miah, Burimari camp commander of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), confirmed the killing saying that Rafiqul died as BSF men threw stones at him while he along with other cattle traders was returning to Bangladesh from India crossing Saniyazan river.


“We have already sent a letter to the BSF of BS Bari camp asking its officials for a flag meeting to discuss the killing of the cattle trader,” Based Miah said.


Victim’s father Bahar Uddin said Rafiqul and six other cattle traders went to India crossing Burimari border Saturday night,reports our Lalmonirhat correspondent. When they were returning home, the BSF troops chased the traders and managed to capture Rafiqul.


“The BSF men tortured my son to death and threw his body into Saniyazan River,” Bahar said.


The body was sent to Lalmonirhat General Hospital for autopsy.

BSF kills 1

 

[Leader]

this is terrible !!!

 

[Kazhugu]

Bsf killed by using stones with fully loaded insas slung across their soldiers........looks like another propaganda in the making......are we having a stone throwing competition.....and how did the bsf throw stones when the cattle smuggler was in the river.....never knew their aim was so perfect....

 

[kobiraaz]

What propaganda by these Jamatis. See how other BD sources are reporting the news. How the first source posted by OP as usual hides the fact that he was a cattle trader (aren't they all?), that it just says he 'went out after prayers' thats a lie as he was returning from India at night?

A cattle trader (ahum ahum) crossing the border at night by crossing a river! Yeesh, this is not at all important for this Jamati source! What pathetic propaganda!

I feel sorry for this poor individual, but BD forces should do more than doing flag meetings and stop these smugglers!



BSF kills 1

well you have a point. i dont have any sympathy for cattle traders..... Anyway BDNEWS@$ is owned by AWAMILEAGUE LEADER SALMAN F RAHMAN NOT JAMATIS.

 

[kobiraaz]

this is terrible !!!

yea illegal cattle trade = beaten to death + body in the river ...... they still consider themselves a friendly nation......

 

[Kazhugu]

the important point here is the smugglers know their fate if they are caught.......there will be no prisoners...still why do they take the risk ?...do they dont grow livestock in bd ? can any bd member clear the doubt.....

 

[Kazhugu]

yea illegal cattle trade = beaten to death + body in the river ...... they still consider themselves a friendly nation......

its not trade....its smuggling.....and i hope you know what we think of cows.......and this beaten to death+body in the river is as reported by bd media...and we know what certian sections of bd media think of india......just like fateh has proved......we need to separate propaganda from truth.......

why dont the bd govt undertake awareness programmes in rural areas about the risk involved in this smuggling business......why do bd people keep indulging in this trade when they fully know the risk involved......they are as responsible if not more for this than indian forces who are just doing their job.........

 

[StormShadow]

yea illegal cattle trade = beaten to death + body in the river ...... they still consider themselves a friendly nation......

Incase you dont know, Cattle is regarded with reverence in India. Smuggling of cattle is not to be tolerated among the majority. Hence the reaction.

 

[Don Jaguar]

its not trade....its smuggling.....and i hope you know what we think of cows.......and this beaten to death+body in the river is as reported by bd media...and we know what certian sections of bd media think of india......just like fateh has proved......we need to separate propaganda from truth.......

why dont the bd govt undertake awareness programmes in rural areas about the risk involved in this smuggling business......why do bd people keep indulging in this trade when they fully know the risk involved......they are as responsible if not more for this than indian forces who are just doing their job.........

Illegal cattle trade means cattle smuggling!!!

 

[integra]

its not trade....its smuggling.....and i hope you know what we think of cows.......and this beaten to death+body in the river is as reported by bd media...and we know what certian sections of bd media think of india......just like fateh has proved......we need to separate propaganda from truth.......

why dont the bd govt undertake awareness programmes in rural areas about the risk involved in this smuggling business......why do bd people keep indulging in this trade when they fully know the risk involved......they are as responsible if not more for this than indian forces who are just doing their job.........

Where's the beef? Indians don't want to know


A dirty little secret that most Indian politicians don't discuss is the thriving cow smuggling trade from their Hindu-majority nation, home of the sacred cow, to Muslim-majority Bangladesh, where many people enjoy a good steak. The trade is particularly robust around the Muslim festival of Eid.

India has outlawed cattle exports, but that hasn't prevented well-organized traffickers from herding millions of the unlucky beasts each year onto trains and trucks, injecting them with drugs on arrival so they walk faster, then forcing them to ford rivers and lumber into slaughterhouses immediately across the border.

On the hot, flat Murshidabad plains bridging the border, Sarvender Ghankar, 24, a member of India's Border Security Force, pointed toward Bangladesh. It's a few hundred yards away, but the line is unmarked. Farmers wander back and forth. But to hear him talk, the divide is as secure as Ft. Knox.

"There used to be smuggling, but now the border is completely sealed," Ghankar said, sporting camouflage fatigues, shiny black boots and a 20-round semiautomatic rifle. "Soon we'll even have a fence."

Area residents have a different take.

"The border guards are in on it, both in India and Bangladesh, and take bribes to look the other way," said Yasin Mullah, 55, a Murshidabad shopkeeper and cow owner. "Smuggling is rampant these days with all the money and growing population."

Estimates suggest 1.5 million cows, valued at up to $500 million, are smuggled annually, providing more than half the beef consumed in Bangladesh.

The cows come from as far as Rajasthan, about 1,000 miles away. Many trade hands several times en route.

At the Panso market in Jharkhand state, an interim stop about 300 miles from the border, the 15,000 or so cows passing through each week fetch about $100 apiece, local vendors say.

Animals that arrive exhausted are injected with Diclofenac sodium, a banned anti-inflammatory drug, to energize them. Most of the traders are Muslims. Many of the drivers and handlers are Hindus. At the border, crossings are usually done at night.

Most cows pass through West Bengal state, which shares a 1,300-mile border with Bangladesh. The state's communist government maintains a neutral line on religion, allowing cows to be openly slaughtered and traded.

Other Indian states accuse West Bengal of encouraging the illegal trade, said Haripada Biswas, a state assemblyman from Jagadal district, a stance he sees as hypocritical.

"Delhi is biased against cow killing, but beef is very delicious," Biswas said. "And many of the illegal cows arrive from cow-loving states. Those guys act all principled, and quickly blame us, but don't seem above making a tidy profit."

The profits can be significant. A $100 medium-size cow in Jharkhand is worth nearly double that in West Bengal and about $350 in Bangladesh. Indian residents along the border complain that the markup also attracts illegal migrants from Bangladesh, who steal cows at night and dart back home.

In a bid to stem the rustling, the Murshidabad local government announced a cow-licensing system in 2007. Cows were issued photo IDs. Branding or ear tags were nixed as hurtful to cows and easily altered by rustlers.

But enforcement has been lax, and the ID system is largely ineffective, residents said.

"You can put a picture of your cat, dog, your elbow in the photo and no one looks closely," said Mullah, who has opted not to register his two cows.

India has mostly turned a blind eye to the smuggling problem. In part, it's worried that any mention could inflame religious tensions between Hindus and Muslims, said Sreeradha Datta, an analyst with New Delhi's Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses. Hindus consider cows sacred because of references in ancient religious texts.

"It's too political," she said. "And every pocket is being lined, with a trade of this magnitude."

Bangladesh has little incentive to raise the issue publicly either, analysts said, given that it taxes the smugglers and is quite happy not to pay India the duties that a legal trade would entail.

Mohammad Jalal Uddin Sikder, professor of migration at the University of Dhaka in Bangladesh, believes that the cross-border business should be legalized to reduce the number of deaths in clashes; about 100 cattle traders and border guards are killed each. The two nations met to discuss the idea in 2008, but Sikder acknowledges that legalization is unlikely anytime soon, given longstanding distrust between the two sides.

One thing is clear, he said: The trade isn't going away.

"My grandmother's house is in Bangladesh, and her field is in India," he said. "There are 21 rivers along a border that's [2,700 miles] long. It's just not possible to stop."

Source LA time
Bangladesh | Where's the beef? Indians don't want to know - Los Angeles Times


In reality and and considering the amount consumed
its projected as a 1-1.5 billion dollar trade. Actually
Bangladesh should take this matter very seriously as our money
is getting drained in India.

 

[Kazhugu]

Illegal cattle trade means cattle smuggling!!!

tell me someting i dont know.......

 

[Kazhugu]

In reality and and considering the amount consumed
its projected as a 1-1.5 billion dollar trade. Actually
Bangladesh should take this matter very seriously as our money
is getting drained in India.

true....i agree......you can import these cows from elsewhere..........we also get to protect our cows which we consider holy and as the article states there will be reduced illegal migration and stealing of cows too....also there will be less border shooting......win-win for india-bd....

so you are also saying the bd govt is not doing anything to curb this as they are also bribed even though their citizens are getting killed....sounds irresponsible to me......

 

[Zabaniyah]

This thread is going to be infested with trolls.