According to human rights organisation Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK), 31 Bangladeshis were killed by BSF along the border in 2023, of whom 28 were shot dead.

The number of Bangladeshi citizens killed by BSF in 2021 and 2022 were 18 and 23, and at least 522 Bangladeshis were killed between 2009 and 2020, it said.

"Bangladesh strongly protested and condemned such ruthless acts and expressed deep concern over the incidents," according to a statement of the foreign ministry.

The government of Bangladesh reminded Indian government that such incidents of border killing are undesirable and unwarranted and such actions are in violation of the provisions of the Joint Indo-Bangladesh Guidelines for Border Authorities, 1975.