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India pressuring Bangladesh to make Habib change statement
Indian HR group alleges
Staff Correspondent
An Indian human rights group, Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha, on Friday alleged that the Indian government was putting pressure on the Bangladesh authorities to make the BSF torture victim, Habibur Rahman, change his statement.
‘We demand safety, security, dignity and complete rehabilitation of the victim by the government of Bangladesh,’ said a statement signed by its secretary Kiriti Roy.
Habibur Rahman, a 22-year old youth, was tortured after being stripped by the Indian Border Security Force at Mairashi camp in the Murshidabad district of West Bengal on December 9 for failing to pay them Tk 2,000 as bribe.
The rights group said it had come to know from media reports that the Indian government had started a ‘witch-hunt’ blaming communal and subversive propositions of neighboring countries. ‘We strongly condemn such ridiculous acts of the government and ask them to come up with a more positive approach
to minimise the ongoing torture by the BSF personnel along the Indo-Bangladesh border,’ the statement read.
‘We also apprehend that the remarks made recently by the [Indian] government on the issue were an attempt to distract the opinion formed against BSF’s illegal and inhumane torture. The government is trying to label the human rights voices with a bad name and ease their way to throttle them,’ it added.
Bangladesh state minister for home affairs Shamsul Haque Tuku, meanwhile, in Pabna said the government was doing everything possible to stop torture by BSF along the border. ‘The Indian government not only regretted incident but also took action against the BSF personnel involved after we had protested against the incident. It is a diplomatic success of our government,’ he said, reports bdnews24.com.
The Indian rights group also claimed that the Indian democracy was much more vibrant and functional than its neighboring countries and that provided its rights campaigners with space to criticise the ongoing atrocities perpetrated by its active machinery.
‘We criticised the act of BSF by saying “the act [brought] disrepute for our democracy”. We firmly believe that the atrocities upon the marginalised by the BSF are not the single reality of Indian democracy and BSF does not represent the Indian society and polity as a whole,’ it added.
India pressuring Bangladesh to make Habib change statement
Indian HR group alleges
Staff Correspondent
An Indian human rights group, Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha, on Friday alleged that the Indian government was putting pressure on the Bangladesh authorities to make the BSF torture victim, Habibur Rahman, change his statement.
‘We demand safety, security, dignity and complete rehabilitation of the victim by the government of Bangladesh,’ said a statement signed by its secretary Kiriti Roy.
Habibur Rahman, a 22-year old youth, was tortured after being stripped by the Indian Border Security Force at Mairashi camp in the Murshidabad district of West Bengal on December 9 for failing to pay them Tk 2,000 as bribe.
The rights group said it had come to know from media reports that the Indian government had started a ‘witch-hunt’ blaming communal and subversive propositions of neighboring countries. ‘We strongly condemn such ridiculous acts of the government and ask them to come up with a more positive approach
to minimise the ongoing torture by the BSF personnel along the Indo-Bangladesh border,’ the statement read.
‘We also apprehend that the remarks made recently by the [Indian] government on the issue were an attempt to distract the opinion formed against BSF’s illegal and inhumane torture. The government is trying to label the human rights voices with a bad name and ease their way to throttle them,’ it added.
Bangladesh state minister for home affairs Shamsul Haque Tuku, meanwhile, in Pabna said the government was doing everything possible to stop torture by BSF along the border. ‘The Indian government not only regretted incident but also took action against the BSF personnel involved after we had protested against the incident. It is a diplomatic success of our government,’ he said, reports bdnews24.com.
The Indian rights group also claimed that the Indian democracy was much more vibrant and functional than its neighboring countries and that provided its rights campaigners with space to criticise the ongoing atrocities perpetrated by its active machinery.
‘We criticised the act of BSF by saying “the act [brought] disrepute for our democracy”. We firmly believe that the atrocities upon the marginalised by the BSF are not the single reality of Indian democracy and BSF does not represent the Indian society and polity as a whole,’ it added.
