Bangladeshi beaten to death in India returned after 9 months

Dead body

Panchagarh, May 21 -The body of a Bangladeshi who was beaten to death across the border on suspicion of being a cattle smuggler in India around nine months back, was handed over to the victim’s family on Saturday evening.

Abdus Salam was a resident of Kahar para under Saatmera union of Sadar upazila.

The body was handed over through an immigration checkpost at Banglabandha land port in the upazila of Panchagarh, said Banglabandha Immigration police station’s Officer-in-Charge Md Nazrul Islam who received the body from Indian Border Security Force (BSF).

Representatives of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), BSF, local representatives and family members were present during the handing over, he said.

On August 24 last year, three youths intruded into India through Bangladesh border Amarkhana in the Sadar upazila. Suspected as cattle smugglers, Indian locals chased them in Boroyapara area of Jalpaiguri. Though two managed to flee, Salam was caught and beaten to death, the OC said, quoting the victim’s brother Alim Hossain who went to India to bring back the body a few days ago.

The family came to know about the death of Salam through several media later.

The process to hand over the body got stuck due to legal complexities between the countries for months.

Finally, the brother identified Salam’s body at a hospital morgue in Jalpaiguri and brought it back with the help of the BGB.

Sadar Police Station’s OC Md Abdul Latif said a general diary was lodged in connection with the body handing over. - UNB