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Indian rights group slams Felani verdict

Md Mahfuzur Rahman || risingbd.com

Published: 14:41, 3 July 2015   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Indian rights group slams Felani verdict

Felani,15, was killed by BSF in Indian border on January 7 in 2011

Risingbd Desk: One Indian rights group reportedly criticised the retrial processes and verdict of killing Bangladeshi girl Felani Khatun in which the especial court of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) upheld its previous verdict.

BSF General Security Force`s court gave the verdict on Thursday night after hearing of the revision trial.

Fifteen-year-old Felani Khatun was shot dead by the BSF while she, along with her father, was returning home from India through Anantapur border along Phulbari upazila of Kurigram on January 7, 2011.

In this connection, the trial began in the BSF special court on August 13, 2013.

Later, the court acquitted the lone accused, Amiya Ghosh, of the murder charge.

risingbd/ July 3, 2015/ Kamaruzzaman/ Mahfuz

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