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The two nations are friendly neighbors. Why, then, do Indian troops so frequently use lethal force along the border? 

It has been 12 years since Felani, a Bangladeshi teenager, was shot dead by a member of India’s Border Security Force and left hanging from the barbed fence of the border along Kurigram, but her family is still waiting for justice.

New Age, a Dhaka-based leading English language daily newspaper, is a major source of news of Bangladesh and international affairs

Today marks the 11th anniversary of Felani Khatun killing. On this day in 2011, Bangladesh woke up to the dreadful image of the teenage girl hanging from the barbed fence at the India border.

It has been 11 years since Felani, a Bangladeshi teenager, was shot dead by a member of India’s Border Security Force and left hanging from the barbed fence of the border along Kurigram, but her family is still waiting for justice.

10 years of Felani killing: family’s wait for justice continues UNB, Kurigram UNB, Kurigram Despite their limitations, Felanis parents put in all their effort to get justice but their wait is yet to end. Fifteen-year-old Felani Khatun was gunned down by BSF when she, along with her father, was returning home from India through Anantapur border along Phulbari upazila of Kurigram on January 7, 2011. Although her father managed to cross into Bangladesh...

Felani killing: Long wait for justice yet to end UNB 7th January, 2021 04:15:45 They have made their all-out efforts to get justice despite their limitations but the long wait of the parents of Felani is yet to end. Now despair has gripped the ill-fated parents of Felani who was killed by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along the Kurigram border nine years back. Bangladeshi girl Felani, who used to work as a domestic help in New Delhi, was shot to death by the BSF members along An...