The killing of another Bangladeshi, 30-year-old cattle-trader Taharul, at the hands of India’s Border Security Force (BSF) on Saturday makes it four people killed in two days. How many times must this happen before the BSF is held responsible for such blatant indifference to the loss of Bangladeshi life? It beggars belief that over the last 10 years BSF has been responsible for the deaths of over 600 Bangladeshi citizens. Those who pay to cross the border, get to live, and those who don’t, or don’t pay enough, do not. It is in their power to end these killings, and to show to the Bangladeshi people that Bangladeshi lives matter to them.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 25, 2016 18:00 UTC