Killing fields of BSF: not spared a minor from minority and economically marginalized community

 We conducted a fact finding over a fake encounter death of a minor Muslim boy named Noor Hossain, aged about 17 years. We have information that though he came off an extreme poor family, the names of the family were not in the BPL list and which drive him to indulge in smuggling activities. According to his family members on 01/09/2009 at 10.30 p.m. he went to attend natures call on the banks of River Padma.  

Some BSF jawans present there alleged him as a smuggler and started battering him mercilessly. The boy was groaning and tried his best to convince the present BSF jawans and pleaded for his life. But they did not pay any heed to his prayer and continued their ruthless act. As a result the boy was profusely bled and felled down on the ground. The eyewitnesses reported that the boy died on the spot. As alleged that after his death the BSF personnel fired 2 rounds of bullets on his corpse. One bullet hit the left rib of his body. Next day on 02/09/2009 in the morning, police from Lalgola Police Station recovered the body and sent it to Lalbagh Sub Divisional Hospital for post mortem examination. During this time no doctor was called by anybody to ascertain his death and impart medical treatment. This barbaric incident took place in a village located near Indo-Bangladesh Border in the district of Murshidabad.   

Few villagers witnessed the whole incident. They also saw that those BSF kept 6 hensos (a very common tool for farming; commonly found to every farmers), 6 sticks and 2 cows on the spot beside the dead body so that apparently it seems like a cow smuggling case and Company Commandant of DMC, BSF, BOP, 105 Battalion, BSF ‘E’ Company Mr. P. Bodhra lodged a complaint against the victim; Noor Hosain to the said police station and some associated people on 02/09/2009. On the basis of this complaint a case was initiated against deceased victim at Lalgola police station vide Case No: 499/09 Dated 02/09/2009 u/s 147/149/353/186/307.

 But ironically no case has been started against the BSF jawans. In addition to that, Mr. Dulal Biswas, the Officer in Charge of the Lalgola Police station inhumanely behaved with the victim family.

The right to life of the victim has been grossly violated by BSF as guaranteed under Art.21 of the Indian Constitution. Our attached fact finding report gives more details of this gory incident.