The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh on Tuesday registered a protest with the government of India over the killing of 16-year-old Bangladeshi boy Jayanta Jambu, a resident of Baliadangi upazila of Thakurgaon district who was shot and killed by Indian Border Security Force on Monday.

‘In the protest note sent to the Indian high commission in Dhaka, Bangladesh expressed grave concern that despite repeated commitments from the Indian authorities to pursue non-lethal strategy and stop killings, such incidents of killing have been continuing,’ said a press release of the  foreign ministry.

It said while the Bangladesh government denounced these ruthless acts and maintains that any national of either country entering each other’s territory without valid documents may be dealt with in accordance with the laws of the respective country and under no circumstances should they be subjected to torture and death.

Bangladesh called upon the Indian government to prevent the recurrence of such ruthless acts, investigate all border-related killings, identify those responsible and bring them to justice.

Earlier on September 5, Bangladesh lodged a strong protest with the government of India on the killing of a 13-year-old Bangladeshi girl, Shwarna Das of Juri upazila in Moulvibazar, who was shot and killed by BSF on September 1 in the bordering district.

Two Bangladeshis have been killed by the BSF in a span of eight days.