Deaths along the Bangladesh–India border

Deaths along the Bangladesh–India border occur many times a year as result of people allegedly attempting to illegally cross or walk along the border, cross-border firing and suspected cattle smuggling. Bangladesh and India share a 4,096 km (2,545 mi) border. To prevent suspected smuggling and illegal migration from Bangladesh, the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) exercises its controversial "shoot on sight" policy. Under this policy, the BSF can shoot any person on sight with or without cause. A large portion of the victims are cattle traders and farmers with land near the border.

According to a report published by human rights organisations, around 1,000 Bangladeshi civilians were killed by Indian BSF in a period of 10 years (from 2001 to 2010). The report also states that Indian paramilitary forces routinely threaten, abuse, arbitrarily detain and torture local Bangladeshi civilians living along the border and Bangladeshi border guards usually don't help the Bangladeshi civilians. Odhikar, a Bangladesh-based human rights organisation, alleges that acts of rape and looting have also been perpetrated by BSF at the border areas.