New Delhi, April 21 (Agencies): The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear in detail a plea seeking investigations into allegations of torture, rape and extra-judicial killings by the Border Security Force (BSF) along West Bengal’s border with Bangladesh. In 2012, the apex court had issued notice to the Centre on the plea alleging torture, rape and extra-judicial killings by the BSF in the border areas. The NGO had alleged that there were more than 200 cases where the BSF personnel had indulged in extra-judicial killings or torture in these areas and the state police never investigated the cases. This petition pertains to the cases of torture or torture followed by extra-judicial executions of more than 200 Indian nationals by the BSF between 2005 and 2011,” the NGO has alleged. The petition alleged that cases are registered against the deceased and not the BSF men, and then closed.

Source: The Telegraph April 21, 2017 13:41 UTC