India's New Year gift to Bangladesh
Four dead bodies on the border in two days - this is how our big neighbour greeted us in the early hours of New Year 2013. Home minister of Bangladesh has already said that the Border Security Force (BSF) of India has the right to shoot in self-defence. What boggles our mind is how on earth two alleged petty criminals (illegal cow traders BSF version) could pose such serious threat to disciplined, trained and firearm carrying soldiers. This is not the first time that BSF showed total disrespect to Bangladeshi lives. The killing of Felani, an innocent girl, comes to mind. Even her dead body was left to hang on the barbed fence of the border for days. Her family suffered as they could not arrange a proper burial ritual for days as BSF declined even to handover the dead body. The brutal beating of a cow trader by BSF (as was shown on YouTube) is another example. The list will go on and on.
The major two political parties never cared for national interest or dignity. The sheer brutality of BSF meted out on Bangladeshi citizens always surprised me. It seems BSF treats Bangladeshi citizens as less than humans and consider that they (Bangladeshi citizens) can be killed for pleasure.
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