Bangladesh summoned the Indian high commissioner to lodge a protest against the 'brutal' killing of a 15-year old girl allegedly by the BSF, ahead of a crucial bilateral meeting of senior home ministry officials.
Bangladesh summoned Indian high commissioner here to lodge a protest against the "brutal" killing of a 15-year old girl allegedly by BSF, ahead of a crucial bilateral meeting of senior home ministry officials.
The foreign ministry today said it has lodged a strong protest against the girl's killing by summoning Indian high commissioner in Dhaka, Rajeet Mitter, yesterday.
BSF men reportedly shot Falani as she was trying to return home from India, where she was working.
"The acting foreign secretary handed over a note verbal protesting the brutal and senseless killing of a minor girl on the Fulbari border in Kurigram on January 7," the statement said.
The statement said the envoy assured the foreign office that he would convey Bangladesh's concern to the Indian authorities "as well as to take all necessary actions to prevent recurrence of such inhuman acts of killing of innocents on Bangladesh India border".
Hundreds of frontier villagers last week staged protests at northwestern Kurigram frontier after the incident.
Police and reports said Falani was shot in her right shoulder and died instantly as her clothes got entangled in the barbed wire fencing on the borders.
Home minister Sahara Khatun yesterday said that Bangladesh would raise the killing of Felani in the secretary-level talks to be held in Dhaka from Wednesday.
Handing over of ULFA leader Anup Chetia to India, cooperation in anti-terror steps and firing along the international border will be high on the agenda during the home secretary-level talks.
Indian delegation, led by Union home secretary Gopal K Pillai, will engage in extensive deliberations with the Bangladesh team, headed Home Secretary Abdus Sobhan Sikder, on all bilateral security issues during the two day dialogue.
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