BSF hands over body of Bangladeshi youth 17 days after killing

The body of a Bangladeshi youth, who was reportedly shot to death by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) along the Jhenaidah border on 8 February, was handed over to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Friday.

The body was handed over through Shyamkur chairman ghat border in Jhenaidah.

A team of local police and BGB members received the body of the youth in the afternoon and handed it over to his family.

A flag meeting was held between BGB and BSF at the Syamkur border area.

Ariful Islam, 28, of Shyamkur village in Maheshpur upazila, was shot to death by a BSF member of Pakhiura camp under Hanskhali thana.