One more Bangladeshi citizen was gunned down by BSF early Sunday taking the total number of such killings since January 1, 2009 to October 18 to 79 and January, 2000 to October 18, 2009 to 806.(TBT Report)

According to UNB News Agency, a cattle trader was shot dead by BSF along Chapasar border in Haripur upazila along Thakurgaon border early Sunday. The dead was identified as Badiruddin, 40, of Kaligaon village in Ranishangkail upazila of the district. BDR sources said the BSF troops of Koyladangi camp sprayed three rounds bullet on Badiruddin when he went to border pillar no 349(6) for buying cattle at about 4am, leaving him dead on the spot. Later, the BSF men dragged the body into the Indian territory. Meanwhile, the BDR sent a protest letter to the BSF and demanded immediate handover of the body.

Earlier, two persons were killed by BSF along Meherpur and Chapainawabganj border on 15 October 2009. According to statistics projected by 'Odhikar', a non-government human rights watchdog, some 62 Bangladeshi civilians were killed by the Indian BSF from January 1 to July 11 this year. It said in more than nine years between 1 January 2000 and 10 July 2009 a total of 789 people were reported killed, 846 injured and 895 abducted by the BSF.