Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has urged the Indian government to end border killings to maintain friendly ties between the two countries.

In a written statement issued on Thursday, Jamaat Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar said Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel allegedly detained, assaulted, and brutally killed a Bangladeshi youth, Muradur Rahman Munna, on the evening of 9 April. Munna was a resident of Sejamura border area in Bijoynagar upazila of Brahmanbaria district.

Quoting the victim’s family, Parwar said Munna had gone to visit his agricultural land near the border when BSF personnel apprehended him without provocation, severely beat him, and later left him injured at the border. Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) patrol members found him in critical condition and rushed him to Brahmanbaria District Hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival.

“The BSF captured and beat him to death in cold blood, a blatant violation of international human rights and diplomatic norms,” said Parwar, adding that a similar incident had occurred just 40 days earlier when another Bangladeshi youth was allegedly killed by BSF.

Expressing deep concern, the Jamaat leader said, “The Indian BSF frequently shoots and kills unarmed Bangladeshi nationals on the border without justification, treating human lives with shocking disregard.”

Parwar also pointed out that India had previously pledged to reduce border killings to zero, but despite multiple meetings between BSF and BGB, such incidents persist.

He said the people of Bangladesh are disheartened by what he described as the “aggressive behavior” of the BSF. “Such actions suggest that India does not genuinely seek good relations with Bangladesh,” he added.