On 7th January 2011, Felani, a Bengali girl aged 15 became one of the victims of impunity of the Indian Border Security Force at the India-Bangladesh border (International Border No. 947) in Anatrapur, Kurigram. Felani was thrown into the barbed wires for four hours and treated like butcher afterwards. Felani was crossing the border with her father, Mohammad Nur Islam. It was reported that Felani got caught in the wires and was eventually shot dead, but Nur Islam reveals that after he crossed the border and left Felani at the Indian side, he assumes that BSF raped his daughter, threw her into the barbed wires before shooting her dead.
In 2010, BSF shot 105 Bangladeshis. In the first week of 2011, 6 were killed including Felani. Certainly, the killings will continue and more lives will be put to waste in the border of impunity.
Out of her love for her neighbor country, the Bangladeshi government is willing to sacrifice its own people. As the blogger Rezwan said: “We will just utter the magic words like parrots, long live India-Bangladesh friendship.”
