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Members of Border Security Force (BSF), Indian border guards, have killed a Bangladeshi Businessman through electric shock at Putkhali Border of Benapole under Sharsha Upazila of Jessore District of Bangladesh in the night on 16 February 2011. The deceased was identified as Mr. Israfil is aged 30, son of Mr. Abdul Momin of Shyamalgachhi Village under Sharsha Upazila of Jessore. In Charge of Putkhali Camp of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Mr. Emdad Hosain has confirmed the incident of killing of a Bangladeshi by BSF. Sources said, BSF threw the body of the ill fated Bangladeshi into Isamati River after torturing mercilessly and his fellow men rushed him to Bagachhra Clinic where doctors declare Israfil as dead.

Two Bangladeshi cattle traders, who were tortured and left unconscious by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in border areas of the district's sadar upazila, are fighting for life at Satkhira Sadar Hospital. Of the two, Rafiqul Islam, 35, is from Sultanpur of Satkhira town and Fazlur Rahman, 45, from Mahmudur village of sadar upazila. On Thursday night (January 20, 2011), the BSF men of Kaijuri camp caught Rafiqul when he and a group of fellow traders were returning to Bangladesh with cattle through Kaijuri-Baikari border, locals said. Rafiqul was beaten up and left inside Bangladesh territory around 3:30am yesterday. Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) of Baikari camp sent him to the hospital. In another incident the same night, the BSF men of Panitor camp caught Fazlur, as he and some other traders were coming to Bangladesh through Panitor-Gazipur border. A team of BGB from Baikari camp found him lying unconscious on Bangladesh side of the border early yesterday and rushed hi