A Bangladeshi farmer was allegedly beaten to death by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) while irrigating farmland near the Raghunathpur border in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj district on Friday.
The deceased, Barikul Islam, 36, was a resident of Namojgnathpur in Durlavpur union, said locals.
Saidur Rahman, a member of ward-9 of Durlavpur Union Parishad, said Barikul and several other farmers went to irrigate their fields near the border in the morning when BSF members from Bajitpur camp in Murshidabad area chased them.
While others managed to flee, Barikul was reportedly detained by the BSF personnel, who allegedly beat him to death and dumped his body on a riverbank inside Indian territory, Saidur claimed.
The body remains there, he added.
However, the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has yet to confirm the incident.
"We have no such information so far, and the victim’s family has not reached out to us," Lt Col Monir-uz-Zaman, commander of the BGB’s 53rd Battalion in Chapainawabganj, told UNB.
"We are looking into the matter," he added.
