Bangladeshis killed at border were mostly criminals: BSF DG

Director Common of India’s Border Safety Drive (BSF) Pankaj Kumar Singh has stated that many of the Bangladeshis killed in BSF firing on the Bangladesh-India border had been criminals.

“There are each good and unhealthy individuals on each side of the border. Solely the unhealthy guys, who had been concerned in numerous crimes, had been killed on the border. They embody smugglers, drug sellers and traffickers,” the BSF DG stated in response to questions from reporters after the BGB-BSF director common (DG) degree 52nd Border Convention at Pilkhana on Thursday (21 July).

Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) Director Common Main Common Sakil Ahmed and BSF Director Common Pankaj Kumar Singh presided over the convention.

In response to a different query concerning how he can name these killed on the borders criminals and whether or not taking pictures above knee degree just isn’t a focused killing, he stated, “We can’t name anybody a felony till the judicial system declares it or any crime is dedicated. We can’t simply label individuals as criminals.”

“Nevertheless, by speaking to the DMP, Kolkata Police and border intelligence companies, we exchanged data on these killed by BSF firing on the border and recognized them as criminals. All crimes on the border are managed by the mafias of the 2 nations”, he added.

Pankaj Kumar Singh stated that solely these concerned in trafficking of youngsters and girls attempt to cross the border illegally.

To this point, 89 BSF personnel have been significantly injured whereas stopping border infiltration and smuggling.

“Now we have began utilizing non-lethal weapons to carry down border killings to zero. Our relationship with BGB is best than ever. We are going to work collectively on border safety”, he stated.

5 individuals have been killed on the border thus far this 12 months (until June).

When requested why killings on the border are usually not coming all the way down to zero but, the director common of BSF stated that the connection between India and Bangladesh could be very totally different, totally different from western nations.

“We’re continuously discussing numerous border points on the degree of officers of various ranks. Each nations have good and unhealthy individuals. Solely the unhealthy guys had been killed on the border”, he added.