BSF killed mentally imbalanced Bangladesh national

Indian border security force (BSF) have brutally killed a mentally imbalanced man who crossed over the border last week.

Tozammel Haq, a poor mentally retarded man aged about 42 of Ekabbarpur village in Shibganj upazila had crossed to India through the porous border of Kiranganj. BSF held him and meted out inhuman physical torture leading to his death.

When BDR protested the inhuman action BSF explained that Tozammel committed suicide by hanging.

BDR local commander Lt Col Zayed Hossain said the surathaal report of the Indian police sent with the body of Tozammel on March 24 amply proved that he died of inhuman physical torture.

- UNB