Indian Border Security Force (BSF) yesterday regretted the deaths of four Bangladeshi nationals along the borders on Friday and Saturday.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh lodged a strong protest with the Indian authorities condemning the killings and called for an inquiry.
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Director General Maj Gen Anwar Hossain yesterday told The Daily Star: “In the morning (yesterday), when I contacted the BSF chief over the phone he expressed his sorrow and said it is unexpected.”
He added that the BSF chief had also sent a high profile team to the spots in Indian territory to investigate the incidents.
The killings took place in the border areas of Dinajpur, Kurigram and Meherpur districts -- three of them were killed in Indian territory and another in Bangladesh.
The bodies were handed over to the BGB yesterday and Saturday.
A foreign ministry official yesterday said the government in a letter expressed its disappointment that the incidents took place despite firm assurances from the highest level of the Indian government against recurrence of border killings.
It also urged India to take necessary steps to stop recurrence of such incidents.
Contacted, a competent official at the Indian High Commission in Dhaka last night told The Daily Star that no official statement was received by then from the Indian government in this regard.
