BD national tortured to death by BSF at Jahurpur border

A Bangladeshi national was tortured to death by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in Jahurpur border area in Sadar upazila
early Friday.The deceased was identified as Abdur Rahman Sentu, 33, son of Shish Mohammad, a resident of Binpara village in Narayanpur union parishad of the upazila.Lt Col Ahmed Zunaid ALam Khan, commanding officer of BGB battalion-9,said BSF members caught Abdur Rahman in Katakhal area while a group of cattle traders were returning from India early in the morning.They tortured Rahman to death, he added.The BSF members also dumped his body in a char of the Padma river.Later his associates brought his body to his house at noon.On information, police recovered the body from his house and sent it to Chapainawabganj Sadar Hospital for autopsy, said Mazharul Islam,officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station.BBG also sent a letter to BSF protesting the incident.-UNB