Dhaka lodges strong protest over killing of minor girl by BSF
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh on Thursday lodged a formal protest with the Government of India over the killing of a 13-year-old Bangladeshi girl, Shwarna Das, from Juri upazila in Moulvibazar district, who was shot dead by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF on 01 September 2024.
The Government of Bangladesh called on the Government of India to prevent a recurrence of such heinous acts and to conduct inquiries into all border killings, identify those responsible, and bring them to justice, a spokesperson for the ministry said.
In the protest note sent to the Indian High Commission in Dhaka, Bangladesh strongly condemned such ruthless acts and expressed deep concern over the incidents.
The Government of Bangladesh reminded that such incidents of border killing are undesirable and unwarranted and constitute a violation of the provisions of the Joint Indo-Bangladesh Guidelines for Border Authorities, 1975.