UNB, Kurigram :
The revision trial of the killing of Bangladeshi girl Felani resumes on Monday at a special court constituted by Border Security Force (BSF) in Cooch Behar of India.
BGB sources said, Felani’s father, Nurul Islam, will make his deposition before the court on Monday. He along with Kurigram 45 BGB acting director Major ATM Hedayetul Islam and public prosecutor Abraham Linkon reached India through Burimari check post in Lalmonirhat district this morning.
The revision trial was
scheduled to begin on September 16 but the court later deferred it.
Felani was shot dead by BSF members while she was crossing the barbed-wire fences along Anantapur border point in Kurigram district on January 7, 2011. The 15-year-old girl was returning home from India along with her father.
Although her father managed to get inside Bangladesh border by scaling up the barbed-wire fence, Felani had been shot dead by the BSF men before she was able to do so.
Felani’s death triggered a huge global outcry. The BSF men handed over the body of Felani on January 8.
After the investigation, the BSF submitted the charge sheet against its constable Amiya Ghosh who shot the girl. On August 19, 2013, the special court constituted by the BSF had acquitted Amiya Ghosh from the charge.
Meanwhile, in the wake of widespread criticism for the acquittal of the BSF member of the charge of killing Felani Khatun, BSF decided to revise the murder trial.
The revision trial of the killing of Bangladeshi girl Felani resumes on Monday at a special court constituted by Border Security Force (BSF) in Cooch Behar of India.
BGB sources said, Felani’s father, Nurul Islam, will make his deposition before the court on Monday. He along with Kurigram 45 BGB acting director Major ATM Hedayetul Islam and public prosecutor Abraham Linkon reached India through Burimari check post in Lalmonirhat district this morning.
The revision trial was
scheduled to begin on September 16 but the court later deferred it.
Felani was shot dead by BSF members while she was crossing the barbed-wire fences along Anantapur border point in Kurigram district on January 7, 2011. The 15-year-old girl was returning home from India along with her father.
Although her father managed to get inside Bangladesh border by scaling up the barbed-wire fence, Felani had been shot dead by the BSF men before she was able to do so.
Felani’s death triggered a huge global outcry. The BSF men handed over the body of Felani on January 8.
After the investigation, the BSF submitted the charge sheet against its constable Amiya Ghosh who shot the girl. On August 19, 2013, the special court constituted by the BSF had acquitted Amiya Ghosh from the charge.
Meanwhile, in the wake of widespread criticism for the acquittal of the BSF member of the charge of killing Felani Khatun, BSF decided to revise the murder trial.
