Editing Border Security Force (section)

=== Bangladesh border killings ===
According to the Bangladeshi government, 136 civilians were killed and a further 170 others suffered injuries in 2009. The Indian government has said that 67 were killed and 80 injured in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=179091|title=BSF killed 136 Bangladeshis since 2009|access-date=11 November 2014|date=25 March 2011}}</ref> The Bangladesh government and Bangladeshi organizations protested heavily against these alleged killings. Media reports claim that in August 2008, Indian BSF officials admitted that they killed 59 persons (34 Bangladeshis, 21 Indians, rest unidentified) who were trying to cross the border illegally during the prior six months.<ref name="bsf killing">[http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-35156020080824 India says 59 killed over last six months on Bangladesh border] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081026110404/http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-35156020080824 |date=26 October 2008 }}, Reuters, 24 August 2008.</ref> Indian media claimed that, in 2001, [[Border Guards Bangladesh|Bangladesh Rifles]] ambushed and killed 16 BSF soldiers while they were chasing some Bangladeshi smugglers back into the Bangladesh. Since then, the BSF has been compelled to act tough against Bangladeshi illegals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/06/20/fortress_india|title=Fortress India – By Scott Carney, Jason Miklian, and Kristian Hoelscher|publisher=Foreign Policy|access-date=21 March 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328064739/http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/06/20/fortress_india|archive-date=28 March 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> There was perceived retaliation by the BSF but was averted after Home Ministers of both countries had talks on the issue.

In July 2009 [[Channel 4 News]] reported that apparently "hundreds" of Bangladeshis and Indians are indiscriminately killed by the BSF along the [[Indo-Bangladeshi Barrier]]. The BSF claims that the barrier's main purpose is to check [[Illegal immigration in India|illegal immigration to India]], and prevent [[Terrorism in India|cross-border terrorism]] from [[Islamist]]s.<ref name="India-Bangladesh 'security' fence">{{cite news|url=http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/international_politics/indiabangladesh+apossecurityapos+fence/3281357|title=Channel 4 News|date=24 July 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091228183555/http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/international_politics/indiabangladesh+apossecurityapos+fence/3281357|archive-date=28 December 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Bangladeshi media accused the BSF of abducting 5 Bangladeshi children, aged between 8 and 15, from the [[Haripur Upazila]] in [[Thakurgaon District]] of Bangladesh, in 2010. The children were setting fishing nets near the border.<ref name="dstar">{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=148029|title=BSF abducts 5 children from border|date=24 July 2010|newspaper=The Daily Star|access-date=24 July 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726180826/http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=148029|archive-date=26 July 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In 2010, [[Human Rights Watch]] (HRW) issued an 81-page report which alleged "over 900 of abuses by the BSF" in the first decade of the 21st century. The report was compiled from interviews with victims of BSF shootings, witnesses and members of the BSF and its [[Border Guards Bangladesh|Bangladeshi counterpart]]. According to HRW, while most of them were killed when they crossed into Indian territory for indulging in [[cattle raiding]] or other [[smuggling]] activities.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/12/06/indiabangladesh-indiscriminate-killings-abuse-border-officers|title=India/Bangladesh: Indiscriminate Killings, Abuse by Border Officers|work=[[Human Rights Watch]]|access-date=21 January 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110123104243/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/12/06/indiabangladesh-indiscriminate-killings-abuse-border-officers|archive-date=23 January 2011|df=dmy-all|date=9 December 2010}}</ref>

In February 2012, the BSF website was hacked by Bangladeshi hackers in retaliation. The hackers later shared the news in the internet and also in the other social sites where they claimed to have defaced the sites asking the BSF to stop killing Bangladeshis at border. The site became normal sometime on 15 February 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Bangladesh-group-hacks-BSF-website-to-avenge-border-killings/articleshow/11892684.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510112352/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-15/india/31062663_1_pakistani-hackers-indian-websites-indian-hackers|url-status=live|archive-date=10 May 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|title=Bangladesh group hacks BSF website to 'avenge border killings'|date=15 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/nation/south/20000-indian-websites-come-under-attack-bangladesh-hackers-999 |title=20,000 Indian websites come under attack from Bangladesh hackers |access-date=2012-03-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229224318/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/nation/south/20000-indian-websites-come-under-attack-bangladesh-hackers-999 |archive-date=29 February 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=সীমান্তে বিএসএফ আগ্রাসন : বাংলাদেশী নাগরিকদের নির্বিচারে হত্যা ও গুম|access-date=11 November 2014|url=http://www.amardeshonline.com/pages/details/2013/01/02/180831#.UOYNVORLWX11|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111040807/http://www.amardeshonline.com/pages/details/2013/01/02/180831#.UOYNVORLWX11|archive-date=11 November 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amardeshonline.com/pages/details/2013/01/03/181008#.UOYN4ORLWX0|title=বেপরোয়া বিএসএফ : ২৪ ঘণ্টার ব্যবধানে চাঁপাই সীমান্তে আরও দুই বাংলাদেশীকে হত্যা|publisher=আমার দেশ|access-date=11 November 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111042741/http://www.amardeshonline.com/pages/details/2013/01/03/181008#.UOYN4ORLWX0|archive-date=11 November 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>