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'''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.<ref name="hrw1">{{cite web |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2011/07/24/india-new-killings-torture-bangladeshi-border |title=India: New Killings, Torture at Bangladeshi Border |website=[[Human Rights Watch]] |date=25 July 2011 |access-date=20 June 2016}}</ref> [[Bangladesh]] and [[India]] share a {{Convert|4096|km|mi|abbr=on}} border.<ref>{{cite news |title=Border Management: Dilemma of Guarding the India-Bangladesh Border |url=http://www.idsa.in/strategicanalysis/BorderManagementDilemmaofGuardingtheIndiaBangladeshBorder_nsjamwal_0104.html |publisher=[[Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses|IDSA]] |date=January 2004}}</ref> 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.<ref name="guard1">{{cite news |last=Adams |first=Brad |date=23 January 2011 |title=India's shoot-to-kill policy on the Bangladesh border |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/libertycentral/2011/jan/23/india-bangladesh-border-shoot-to-kill-policy |access-date=20 June 2016 |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=London}}</ref> A large portion of the victims are cattle traders and farmers with land near the border.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/op-ed/felani-the-bsf-and-the-elusive-zero-target-1343800 |title=Felani, the BSF and the elusive zero target |date=12 January 2017 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=17 April 2017}}</ref>

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).<ref name="HR"/><ref name="TheHindu">{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/lsquo1000-killed-in-a-decade-along-Bangladesh-border/article15586534.ece |title='1,000 killed in a decade along Bangladesh border' |date=10 December 2010 |work=The Hindu}}</ref> The report also states that Indian paramilitary forces routinely threaten, abuse, [[Arbitrary arrest and detention|arbitrarily detain]] and torture local Bangladeshi civilians living along the border and Bangladeshi border guards usually don't help the Bangladeshi civilians.<ref name="HR">{{cite news |date=13 December 2012 |title=BSF kills 1000 Bangladeshis in 10yrs |url=https://m.bdnews24.com/amp/en/detail/bangladesh/228852 |access-date=4 September 2024 |work=[[BDNews24]] |archive-date=30 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730054704/https://m.bdnews24.com/amp/en/detail/bangladesh/228852 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="TheHindu"/><ref name="BBC">{{cite news |date=19 January 2012 |title=Bangladesh anger over India torture video |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-16625104 |access-date=4 September 2024 |work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> [[Odhikar]], a Bangladesh-based human rights organisation, alleges that acts of rape and looting have also been perpetrated by BSF at the border areas.<ref name="odhikar">{{cite web |url=http://odhikar.org/report-on-human-rights-violations-in-the-india-bangladesh-border/ |title=Indian Border Security Force (BSF) and Indian miscreants kill 607 Bangladeshis in 7 years |work=Odhikar |access-date=5 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529200457/http://odhikar.org/report-on-human-rights-violations-in-the-india-bangladesh-border/ |archive-date=29 May 2014 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Illegal migration==

=== Bangladesh claims against Border Security Force ===
[[File:Indo Bangladesh Border, Dakshin Denajpur.jpg|thumb|In some border areas, strong fences are installed by India]]

Indian [[Border Security Force]] (BSF) exercises its controversial "shoot on sight" policy to stop illegal migration. The then-head of BSF, Raman Srivastava, stated that people should not feel sorry for the victims as they were trying to illegally enter into India and therefore they are a legitimate target.<ref name="guard1"/> Killings along the [[Bangladesh–India border]] are routine and arbitrary. Around 1,000 people, mostly Bangladeshi nationals, were killed by Indian border security forces over the period of 10 years (2001 to 2010).<ref name="HR" /> None of the Indian BSF personnel involved in killings along the border were ever prosecuted.<ref name="guard1"/> A 2010 [[Human Rights Watch]] (HRW) report stated that BSF justified killing by claiming that it was an act of self-defence, or that the suspects were evading arrest.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Abrar |first=C. R. |date=19 August 2022 |title=Don't 'criminals' have the right to access justice? |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/views/news/dont-criminals-have-the-right-access-justice-3098531 |access-date=2 April 2024 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite journal |last=Ganguly |first=Meenakshi |date=9 December 2010 |title="Trigger Happy" |url=https://www.hrw.org/report/2010/12/09/trigger-happy/excessive-use-force-indian-troops-bangladesh-border |journal=Human Rights Watch |language=en}}</ref> However, the reports filed by the BSF with the Indian police don't show recovery of any lethal weapon or explosives from the victim which justifies self-defense.<ref name=":4" /> Several survivors and eyewitnesses of BSF attacks allege that the BSF resort to indiscriminate shooting without issuing any warning.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}

Often, Indian border guards kill a person and leave his body near the fence or hang him in the camp to show the extent of power exercised by BSF.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}} [[Odhikar]], a Bangladesh-based human rights organisation, allege that BSF and Indian miscreants have also committed acts of rape against Bangladeshi women along the border.<ref name=":3" />

Human Right Watch reports that the BSF, which has long record of severe human right abuses, is exempt from criminal prosecution, unless it is specifically ordered by the Indian government to undertake a prosecution in a particular case.<ref name=":4" /> [[Brad Adams]], then the Asia director of Human Rights Watch, stated in 2011 that "Routinely shooting poor, unarmed villagers is not how the world's largest democracy should behave."<ref name="guard1" />

While speaking about border killings in a 2022 interview, India-based human rights activist Kiriti Roy from Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM) noted the existence of barbed wire fences in Indian territories which are within 150 yards from zero point ("no man's land"). He pointed out that per Geneva Convention, defence infrastructure cannot be built within this 150-yard zone.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |last=Bagchi |first=Suvojit |date=14 August 2022 |title=Felani murder a shame for India: Rights activist Kiriti Roy |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/opinion/interview/j0h23ymug0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250215135129/https://en.prothomalo.com/amp/story/opinion/interview/j0h23ymug0 |archive-date=15 February 2025 |access-date=15 February 2025 |work=Prothom Alo}}</ref> In January 2025, BSF reportedly attempted to construct more barbed wire fences along the zero line in violation of the international law.<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 January 2025 |title=BGB stops BSF from building barbed-wire fence on Lalmonirhat border |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/bgb-stops-bsf-building-barbed-wire-fence-lalmonirhat-border-3796701 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250215133912/https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/bgb-stops-bsf-building-barbed-wire-fence-lalmonirhat-border-3796701 |archive-date=15 February 2025 |access-date=15 February 2025 |work=The Daily Star}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=11 January 2025 |title=BSF is fencing the zero line in violation of international law |url=https://www.barta24.com/details/national-en/262651/bsf-is-fencing-the-zero-line-in-violation-of-international-law |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250215140513/https://www.barta24.com/details/national-en/267740/first-innings-of-interim-government-ends |archive-date=15 February 2025 |access-date=15 February 2025 |work=Barta24}}</ref>

==== Killing of Felani Khatun ====
{{main|Killing of Felani Khatun}}
On 7 January 2011, a 15-year-old girl, Felani, was shot dead while illegally entering [[Bangladesh]] from India by the BSF in [[Phulbari Upazila, Kurigram|Phulbari Upazila]], [[Kurigram District|Kurigram]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/country/felani-killing-justice-denied-border-killings-continue-198391 |title=Felani killing: Justice denied, border killings continue |date=7 January 2016 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=17 April 2017}}</ref> She had gotten stuck in the barbed wire when she was shot and she remained there for 5 hours until she bled to death.<ref name=":2" /> This resulted in protests in Bangladesh.<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 July 2015 |title=No One Killed Felani |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/op-ed/no-one-killed-felani-107491 |access-date=17 April 2017 |work=The Daily Star}}</ref> In 2015, the National Human Rights Commission of India asked the Indian government to pay {{Currency|500,000|INR}} as compensation to her family.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/country/indian-govt-asked-pay-rs-5-lakh-felani%E2%80%99s-family-135565 |title=Indian govt asked to pay Rs 5 lakh to Felani's family |date=31 August 2015 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=17 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-183929 |title=One death, many questions |date=1 May 2011 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=17 April 2017}}</ref>

==== Killing, abduction and torture ====
According to a 2023 report by Odhikar, the BSF routinely kills, abducts and tortures Bangladeshi citizens despite repeatedly pledging to stop using lethal weapons.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BANGLADESH: Annual Human Rights Report 2023 |work=Odhikar |url=https://odhikar.org/bangladesh-annual-human-rights-report-2023/ |access-date=2 April 2024 |language=en-US}}</ref> Kiriti Roy also highlighted that "in most of the cases, they (BSF) are killing farmers of their own country."<ref name=":5" />

===Indian claims against Border Guard Bangladesh===
Some Indian nationals were also reported to have been killed by Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) on suspicion of being a smuggler. On 21 January 2012, Indian officials claimed that four BGB soldiers crossed into India and killed an Indian national. The soldiers were trying to drag the body of the Indian national when they were stopped by Indian locals who gathered at the site after hearing gun shots. The locals captured one BGB soldiers while the other three BGB soldiers managed to flee. The Bangladeshi officials claim that the slain Indian national was a smuggler, however, Indian officials claim that the slain Indian national was just a farmer.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Bangla-border-guards-kill-Indian-local-capture-BGB-constable/articleshow/11574523.cms |title=Bangla border guards kill Indian; local capture BGB constable |date=21 January 2012 |work=[[Times of India]]}}</ref>

On 7 April 2015, Indian officials reported that BGB had crossed 10 kilometres into Indian territory and killed two Indian nationals. The body of one Indian national was taken back by Bangladesh. The incident created tensions between BSF and BGB. The Bangladeshi officials claimed that the killed Indian nationals were smugglers.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bangladesh-border-guard-infiltrates-10-kms-into-bengal-kills-two-indian-nationals-drags-body-into-bangladesh/articleshow/46861012.cms |title=Bangladesh Border Guard infiltrates 10 kms into Bengal; kills two Indian nationals, drags body into Bangladesh |date=9 April 2015 |work=[[The Economic Times]]}}</ref>

On 24 September 2024, the BGB detained a BSF personnel for reportedly crossing into the Bangladesh through the boundary near pillar number 334/sub-pillar 6.<ref>{{cite web |date=24 September 2024 |title=BSF man held in Dinajpur for illegal trespassing: BGB |url=https://www.observerbd.com/news/491696 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20250223172003/https://www.observerbd.com/news/491696 |archivedate=23 February 2025}}</ref> The personnel was found in uniform but unarmed, and the Bangladeshi officials were preparing to return the detained member to the Indian authorities through a flag meeting.<ref>{{cite web |date=24 September 2024 |title=BSF man detained in Thakurgaon for illegally crossing border: BGB P… |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/local-news/dzovgfxjnp |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20250223162439/https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/local-news/dzovgfxjnp |archivedate=23 February 2025 |access-date=23 February 2025}}</ref> However, Indian media later reported that the BSF made a strong protest to the BGB in its response and that they considered this an "abduction" of one of its soldiers. The personnel was returned later in the day following a flag meeting.<ref name=":7">{{cite web |date=24 September 2024 |title=Bangladesh border force returns 'abducted' BSF jawan India News - T… |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/bangladesh-border-force-returns-abducted-bsf-jawan/articleshow/113641254.cms |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20250223171937/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/bangladesh-border-force-returns-abducted-bsf-jawan/articleshow/113641254.cms |archivedate=23 February 2025|last=of India|first=Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sangbad |first=Protidiner |title=বিরল সীমান্তে অবৈধ অনুপ্রবেশের দায়ে বিএসএফ সদস্য আটক |url=https://www.protidinersangbad.com/whole-country/477083 |access-date=2026-03-02 |website=Protidiner Sangbad |language=bn}}</ref>Same incident again occurred on 22 December 2025, where Bangladesh BGB personnel captured an Indian BSF member allegedly stepping inside [[Bangladesh]]. He was later released and given to BSF after a flag meeting.<ref name=":8" />

==Cross border firing==
{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict          = India-Bangladesh border clashes
| place             = Bangladesh–India border
| date              = 2001 – ongoing
| status            = Ongoing<br />Decline in [[Bangladesh–India relations]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Impact of CAA on Bangladesh: Despite Dhaka's efforts, anti-India sentiment on the rise among its citizens |url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/impact-of-caa-on-bangladesh-despite-dhakas-efforts-anti-india-sentiment-on-the-rise-among-its-citizens-7796251.html |publisher=[[Firstpost|First Post]] |date=18 December 2019}}</ref>
| combatant1        = {{flag|India}}
| combatant2        = {{flag|Bangladesh}}
| units1            = [[Border Security Force]] (BSF)
| units2            = [[Border Guards Bangladesh]] (BGB)
| casualties1       = '''India claim''':<br />19 soldiers killed<ref name="IndiaToday">{{cite news |title=Barbaric killing of BSF jawans puts India-Bangladesh relations under severe strain |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/neighbours/story/20010507-barbaric-killing-of-bsf-jawans-puts-india-bangladesh-relations-under-severe-strain-776193-2001-05-07 |publisher=[[India Today]] |date=7 May 2001}}</ref><ref name="dawn"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Bangladesh troops kill Indian guard in fishing row at border |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/10/18/bangladesh-troops-kill-indian-guard-in-fishing-row-at-border |publisher=[[Times of India]] |date=18 October 2019}}</ref><br />4,225 BSF personnel injured by smugglers<ref>{{cite news |title=Cattle in the way: India, Bangladesh trade smuggling charges |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/cattle-in-the-way-india-bangladesh-trade-smuggling-charges/articleshow/77072720.cms |publisher=[[Times of India]] |date=20 July 2020 |quote=BSF data indicates that 937, 1274 and 2014 BSF jawans were injured in 2017, 2018 and 2019 respectively.}}</ref>
| casualties2       = '''Bangladesh claim''':<br />6 soldiers killed<ref>[https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/crime-justice/news/bgb-soldier-killed-bsf-firing-3525926]</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=BGB member killed in BSF firing at Benapole border |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/bgb-member-killed-bsf-firing-benapole-border-779838 |access-date=23 January 2024 |agency=[[The Business Standard]]}}</ref><ref name="frontline">{{cite magazine |last=Habib |first=Haroon |date=12 May 2001 |title=A brush with Bangladesh |url=http://hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1810/18100280.htm |magazine=Frontline |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613231419/http://hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1810/18100280.htm |archive-date=13 June 2011 |url-status=dead |access-date=12 July 2009}}</ref><ref name="IT"/><br />At least 1,987 Bangladeshi civilians were killed by the BSF  between 2000 and 2025<ref>[https://www.newagebd.net/post/foreign-affairs/287103/border-killings-highest-in-5-years]</ref><ref name="Bangladesh sees highest border deaths in 10 years">{{cite news |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/234048/bangladesh-sees-highest-border-deaths-in-10-years |title=Bangladesh sees highest border deaths in 10 years |work=[[Dhaka Tribune]] |date=22 December 2022 |access-date=6 February 2024}}</ref><ref name=":3" />
| casualties3       = 
}}

===2001 border clash===
{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict          = 2001 Bangladesh-Indian border clash
| place             = [[Bangladesh–India border]]
| partof            = Deaths along the Bangladesh–India border
| date              = 16 April 2001 - 20 April 2001
| result            = 24 civilians injured
10,000 civilians temporarily displaced
| combatant1        = {{flag|Bangladesh}}
| combatant2        = {{flag|India}}
| units1            = {{flagicon image|বর্ডার গার্ড বাংলাদেশের পতাকা.svg}} [[Border Guard Bangladesh]]
| units2            = {{flagicon image|BSF Flag.svg}} [[Border Security Force|BSF]] 117th Battalion
| casualties1       = *3 killed 
*5 wounded
| casualties2       = *16  killed
*2 wounded
| strength1         = 700-1000 soldiers included local civilians
| strength2         = 300+ troops
}}

{{Main|2001 Bangladesh–India border clashes}}

From 16 to 20 April 2001, India and Bangladesh exchanged gunfire in a border clash. 16 BSF soldiers were killed in the [[2001 Bangladesh–India border clashes|clash]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=বড়াইবাড়ী যুদ্ধ: কুড়িগ্রামে কুড়ি বছর আগের যে সংঘাতে ১৬ জন ভারতীয় রক্ষী নিহত হয় - BBC News বাংলা |url=https://www.bbc.com/bengali/articles/c4g7z0wjz00o |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250417024821/https://www.bbc.com/bengali/articles/c4g7z0wjz00o |archive-date=2025-04-17 |access-date=2026-03-02 |work=BBC News বাংলা |language=bn-BD}}</ref>

===2005 border clash===
{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict          = 2005 Bangladesh-Indian border clash
| place             = [[Bangladesh–India border]]
| partof            = Deaths along the Bangladesh–India border
| date              = 16 April 2005
| result            = Inconclusive
| combatant1        = {{flag|Bangladesh}}
| combatant2        = {{flag|India}}
| combatant3        = cattle smuggler
| units1            = {{flagicon image|বর্ডার গার্ড বাংলাদেশের পতাকা.svg}} [[Border Guard Bangladesh]]
| units2            = {{flagicon image|BSF Flag.svg}} [[Border Security Force|BSF]] 117th Battalion
| casualties1       = *None
| casualties2       = *2 soldiers killed
| casualties3       = *Unknown
| units3            = cattle smuggler
}}

On 16 April 2005, India and Bangladesh border troops engaged in gun battle that resulted in death of two Indian border soldiers and two Bangladeshi civilians.<ref name="dawn">{{cite news |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/389571 |title=Four killed in BD-India border clash |work=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |date=18 April 2005}}</ref> A Bangladesh border guard stated that the bodies of an Indian border soldier and an officer were lying inside [[Bangladesh|Bangladeshi territory]].<ref name="dawn"/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://m.bdnews24.com/en/detail/bangladesh/76748 |title=2 BSF men killed in Saturday's clash with BDR, bodies handed over |date=16 April 2005 |work=[[BDNews24]] |access-date=9 December 2019 |archive-date=9 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209202154/https://m.bdnews24.com/en/detail/bangladesh/76748 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Bangladeshi border guards claim that a platoon of Indian border guards along with some 100 Indian civilians entered into Bangladesh territory and looted in Hirapur village. Indian border guards and civilians intrusion in Bangladesh prompted Bangladesh border guards to retaliate.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Khan |first=Shahedul Anam |author-link=Mohammad Shahedul Anam Khan |title=Clashes on our borders |work=The Daily Star |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/04/29/d50429020327.htm |access-date= |archive-date=2017-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417155042/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/04/29/d50429020327.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> However, according to Indian military officials, Indian border guards had requested a flag meeting to secure the release of an Indian villager abducted earlier by Bangladesh border guards. Bangladesh border guards instead abducted BSF officer Assistant Commandant Jiwan Kumar from the meeting and took him into Bangladesh where he was tortured and later killed.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/BDR-tortures-kills-BSF-officer/articleshow/1080499.cms |title=BDR tortures, kills BSF officer |last=Paul |first=Manash |work=[[Times of India]] |date=17 April 2005}}</ref>

===2008 border clash===
{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict          = 2008 Bangladesh-Indian border clash
| place             = [[Bangladesh–India border]]
| partof            = Deaths along the Bangladesh–India border
| date              = 18 July 2008
| result            = Inconclusive
| combatant1        = {{flag|India}}
| combatant2        = {{flag|Bangladesh}}
| units1            = {{flagicon image|BSF Flag.svg}} [[Border Security Force|BSF]] 117th Battalion
| units2            = {{flagicon image|বর্ডার গার্ড বাংলাদেশের পতাকা.svg}} [[Border Guard Bangladesh]]
| casualties1       = None
| casualties2       = *2 Killed
}}

On 18 July 2008, a BSF soldier killed two BDR soldiers inside Bangladesh. He had initially crossed the border to catch a cow smuggler, but firing began. In retaliation, the BSF soldier fought a gun battle with the BDR soldiers. According to Bangladeshi officials, 10 BDR soldiers were seriously injured and 2 BDR soldiers died.<ref name="IT">{{cite news |date=18 July 2008 |title=Bangladesh guards die in India border clash |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/bangladesh-guards-die-in-india-border-clash-1.826096?mode=amp |access-date=1 October 2024 |work=[[Irish Times]]}}</ref>

===2013 border clash===
{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict          = 2013 Bangladesh-Indian border clash
| place             = [[Bangladesh–India border]]
| partof            = Deaths along the Bangladesh–India border
| date              = 11 February 2013
| result            = Inconclusive
| combatant1        = {{flag|Bangladesh}}
| combatant2        = {{flag|India}}
| units1            = {{flagicon image|বর্ডার গার্ড বাংলাদেশের পতাকা.svg}} [[Border Guard Bangladesh]]
| units2            = {{flagicon image|BSF Flag.svg}} [[Border Security Force|BSF]] 117th Battalion
| notes             = 
| casualties3       = 12 Indian civilians killed
}}

On 11 February 2013, Bangladeshi officials claim that Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) killed twelve Indian nationals. According to Bangladeshi officials, the two Indian nationals were smugglers and they attacked a BGB patrol party, which prompted BGB to retaliate. All smugglers were killed and their bodies were taken back by BSF. Later on, BSF took positions and started firing on BGB, which lasted for thirty minutes.<ref>{{cite news |date=11 February 2013 |title=BGB kills 2 Indians |url=https://m.bdnews24.com/en/detail/bangladesh/589429 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209202014/https://m.bdnews24.com/en/detail/bangladesh/589429 |archive-date=9 December 2019 |access-date=9 December 2019 |work=[[BDNews24]]}}</ref>

===2019 border clash===
{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict          = 2019 Bangladesh-Indian border clash
| place             = [[Bangladesh–India border]]
| partof            = Deaths along the Bangladesh–India border
| date              = 18 October 2019
| result            = Inconclusive
| combatant1        = {{flag|Bangladesh}}
| combatant2        = {{flag|India}}
| units1            = {{flagicon image|বর্ডার গার্ড বাংলাদেশের পতাকা.svg}} [[Border Guard Bangladesh]]
| units2            = {{flagicon image|BSF Flag.svg}} [[Border Security Force|BSF]] 117th Battalion
| casualties1       = 
| casualties2       = *1 killed
*1 wounded
}}

In 2019, Bangladeshi border guards shot at BSF personnel. Bangladeshi officials claimed it was self defence. One BSF officer was killed in the [[2019 Bangladesh-Indian border clash|clash]].<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=BSF jawan killed in firing by Bangla border guards; BGB says action in 'self defence' |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/india/2019/10/18/bsf-jawan-killed-in-firing-by-bangla-border-guards-bgb-says-acti.html |access-date=3 May 2024 |website=Onmanorama}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jazeera |first=Al |title=Bangladesh troops kill Indian guard in fishing row at border |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/10/18/bangladesh-troops-kill-indian-guard-in-fishing-row-at-border |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623075436/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/10/18/bangladesh-troops-kill-indian-guard-in-fishing-row-at-border |archive-date=23 June 2023 |access-date=2026-03-06 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref>

=== January 2024 border clash ===
{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict          = January 2024 Bangladesh-Indian border clash
| place             = [[Bangladesh–India border]]
| combatant1        = {{flag|Bangladesh}}
| combatant2        = {{flag|India}}
| date              = 22 January 2024
| casualties1       = *1 killed
| casualties2       = None
| partof            = Deaths along the Bangladesh–India border
| units1            = [[Border Guard Bangladesh]]
| units2            = [[Border Security Force]]
}}

In 2024, Indian BSF personnel shot and killed a Bangladesh BGB personnel while he got disconnected from his team while they were running after smugglers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BGB soldier killed in BSF firing {{!}} The Daily Star |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/crime-justice/news/bgb-soldier-killed-bsf-firing-3525926 |access-date=2026-03-01 |website=www.thedailystar.net |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":6" />

=== September 2024-2025 border clashes ===
{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict          = September 2024-2025 Bangladesh-Indian border clash
| place             = [[Bangladesh–India border]]
| partof            = Deaths along the Bangladesh–India border
| date              = 28 September 2024 - 22 December 2025
| result            = Decline in [[Bangladesh]] and [[India|Indian]] relations
| combatant1        = {{flag|Bangladesh}}
| combatant2        = {{flag|India}}
| units1            = {{flagicon image|বর্ডার গার্ড বাংলাদেশের পতাকা.svg}} [[Border Guard Bangladesh]]
| units2            = {{flagicon image|BSF Flag.svg}} [[Border Security Force|BSF]]
| casualties1       = None
| casualties2       = *2 Captured (later released)
}}

Since the [[July Uprising]]-led by [[Student movements in Bangladesh|student movements]] and [[List of political parties in Bangladesh|political parties]], relations between [[Bangladesh]] and [[India]] strained due to the shelter of former Bangladeshi [[Authoritarianism|authoritarian]] leader [[Sheikh Hasina]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-12-23 |title=Preventing a Sunset in the East: India-Bangladesh Ties After Hasina – A Review {{!}} India's World |url=https://indiasworld.in/preventing-a-sunset-in-the-east-india-bangladesh-ties-after-hasina-a-review/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260123041543/https://indiasworld.in/preventing-a-sunset-in-the-east-india-bangladesh-ties-after-hasina-a-review/ |archive-date=2026-01-23 |access-date=2026-03-02 |language=en-US}}</ref>Despite cordial relations later on slowly improving under [[Yunus ministry]], various new issues came across in the border between [[Bangladesh]] and [[India]]. [[India]] started to push-in alleged immigrants from there country into [[Bangladesh]] through border. This created harsh reaction from the [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Bangladesh)|foreign ministry of Bangladesh]], urging [[India]] to stop such push-ins without the proofs of those immigrants being [[Bangladeshis|Bangladeshi]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-05-14 |title=Foreign ministry tells India to stop push-ins |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/diplomacy/news/foreign-ministry-tells-india-stop-push-ins-3893606 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250605063351/https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/diplomacy/news/foreign-ministry-tells-india-stop-push-ins-3893606 |archive-date=2025-06-05 |access-date=2026-03-02 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref> However, border tensions were also on rise when Bangladeshi [[Border Guard Bangladesh|BGB]] personals captured Indian [[Border Security Force|BSF]] personal in 28 September 2024 and also in 22 December 2025. [[Bangladesh]] claims that they illegibly stepped into [[Bangladesh]] and was violating international law. Though Indian BSF claimed those incidents as "misunderstood" and later got back there captured personals after flag meeting between two nations.<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":8">{{Cite news |last=সাহা |first=অয়ন্তিকা |title=সীমান্ত পেরিয়ে বাংলাদেশে, ভোরে BSF জওয়ান আটক, সন্ধের পর ফেরত |url=https://eisamay.com/west-bengal-news/north-bengal-news/allegation-miscreants-dragged-a-bsf-jawan-across-bangladesh-border/200453945.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251226071822/https://eisamay.com/west-bengal-news/north-bengal-news/allegation-miscreants-dragged-a-bsf-jawan-across-bangladesh-border/200453945.cms |archive-date=2025-12-26 |access-date=2026-03-02 |work=Eisamay Online |language=bn}}</ref> But clashes also could happen due to misunderstood judgements or wrong intentions.<ref>{{Cite news |title=সীমান্তে কাঁটাতারের বেড়া দেওয়ার চেষ্টা বিএসএফের, বিজিবির বাধা |url=https://rtvonline.com/country/362034 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251228054802/https://rtvonline.com/country/362034 |archive-date=2025-12-28 |access-date=2026-03-02 |work=rtvonline.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=কুড়িগ্রাম সীমান্তে গুলি ও সাউন্ড গ্রেনেড নিক্ষেপ করেছে বিএসএফ {{!}} ইনসাফ |url=https://insaf24.com/news/27/05/2025/216030 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260302093152/https://insaf24.com/news/27/05/2025/216030 |archive-date=2026-03-02 |access-date=2026-03-02 |website=insaf24.com |language=en-US}}</ref> 

== Cattle smuggling ==
In Bangladesh, Indian cattle can become legal through a small tax to the government, while India bans all export of cattle. This has become a flashpoint issue at the border. The cattle trade, according to a 2015 estimate in the ''[[The Christian Science Monitor|Christian Science Monitor]],'' is close to one billion dollars.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/loss-both-sides-132625 |title=LOSS on both sides |date=2015-08-26 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=2017-04-17}}</ref> A Bangladeshi cattle smuggler was killed in March 2014 in the border near Satkhira Sadar upazila by the BSF.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/bangladeshi-tortured-to-death-by-bsf-in-satkhira-39491 |title=Bangladeshi 'tortured to death' by BSF in Satkhira |date=2014-08-31 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=2017-04-17}}</ref> In January 2016, a Bangladeshi cattle smuggler was allegedly tortured to death by members of the BSF in [[Bhurungamari Upazila]], [[Kurigram District]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/bsf-tortures-bangladeshi-death-204019 |title=BSF tortures Bangladeshi to death |date=2016-01-19 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=2017-04-17}}</ref> The same month another Bangladesh national was killed by BSF in [[Sapahar Upazila]], [[Naogaon District]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/bsf-kills-1-naogaon-border-206473 |title=BSF kills 1 at Naogaon border |date=2016-01-24 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=2017-04-17}}</ref> In April 2016, a Bangladeshi cattle trader was shot in Kurigram District.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/country/bangladeshi-shot-dead-bsf-kurigram-1210522 |title=Bangladeshi shot dead by BSF in Kurigram |date=2016-04-18 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=2017-04-17}}</ref> In June 2016, two Bangladeshi smugglers were killed by the BSF in [[Gomostapur Upazila]], [[Chapai Nawabganj District|Chapainawabganj]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/country/2-bangladeshis-shot-dead-bsf-along-cnawabganj-border-1242667 |title=2 Bangladeshis shot dead by BSF along C'nawabganj border |date=2016-06-20 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=2017-04-17}}</ref> In August 2016, a Bangladeshi smuggler was shot dead in the border region in [[Maheshpur Upazila|Moheshpur upazila]] of [[Jhenaidah District|Jhenidah]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/country/bangladeshi-killed-bsf-jhenidah-1264990 |title=Bangladeshi shot dead by BSF in Jhenidah |date=2016-08-05 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=2017-04-17}}</ref> In January 2017, a cattle smuggler was allegedly tortured to death by the BSF in [[Damurhuda Upazila]] in [[Chuadanga District]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/country/bangladeshi-killed-bsf-along-chuadanga-border-1341748 |title=Bangladeshi killed by BSF along Chuadanga border |date=2017-01-07 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=2017-04-17}}</ref>

== Farmlands near the border ==
A teenager was killed and three others were injured in a shooting conducted by BSF in Chuadanga when they went to pick mangoes from a tree near the border in May 2016. The BSF suspended seven of its personnel over the incident.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/country/7-bsf-men-suspended-killing-teen-1224310 |title=7 BSF men suspended for killing teen |date=15 May 2016 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=17 April 2017}}</ref>

==Bangladeshi civilian casualties==
From 2001 to 2010, Human right organisations state that around 1,000 Bangladeshi civilians have been killed by [[Border Security Force]] (BSF).<ref name="HR"/><ref name="TheHindu"/> From 2012 to 2016, around 146 Bangladeshi civilians were killed by BSF and Indian civilians according to Bangladesh Home Minister, Asad Uz Zaman Khan Kamal.<ref name="bdnews">{{cite news |url=https://m.bdnews24.com/en/detail/bangladesh/1142229 |title=146 Bangladeshis killed by BSF, Indian civilians in past 4 yrs, says home minister |work=[[BDNews24]] |date=25 April 2016 |access-date=9 December 2019 |archive-date=28 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128041745/https://m.bdnews24.com/en/detail/bangladesh/1142229 |url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]'', a Bangladeshi newspaper, reports that from 2010 to 2016, on average, 40 Bangladeshi nationals were killed at the border every year.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/op-ed/killing-harbouring-kayaking-and-dog-training-1368187 |title=Killing, harbouring, kayaking and dog training |date=28 February 2017 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=17 April 2017}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! Year
! Killed
! Injured
! Abducted
! Missing
! Rape
! Snatching
! Push in
! Other
! Total
! Source
|-
| 1972
| 15
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|15
|<ref name=unb1/><ref name=inde1>{{Cite news |url=http://www.theindependentbd.com/arcprint/details/82157/2017-02-23 |title=1,391 Bangladeshis killed by Indians |date=23 February 2017 |work=[[The Independent (Bangladesh)|The Independent]] |access-date=8 January 2021}}</ref><ref name=ob1>{{Cite news |url=https://www.observerbd.com/details.php?id=114230 |title=Border killings by BSF continued in 2017: ASK |date=1 January 2018 |work=[[The Daily Observer (Bangladesh)|The Daily Observer]] |access-date=23 January 2021}}</ref>
|-
| 1973
| 20
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|20
| <ref name=unb1/><ref name=inde1/><ref name=ob1/>
|-
| 1974
| 23
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|23
|<ref name=unb1/><ref name=inde1/><ref name=ob1/>
|-
| 1975
| 11
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|11
|<ref name=unb1/><ref name=inde1/><ref name=ob1/>
|-
| 1976
| 16
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|16
|<ref name=unb1/><ref name=inde1/><ref name=ob1/>
|-
| 1977
| 27
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|27
|<ref name=unb1/><ref name=inde1/><ref name=ob1/>
|-
| 1978
| 12
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|12
|<ref name=unb1/><ref name=inde1/><ref name=ob1/>
|-
| 1979
| 22
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|22
|<ref name=unb1/><ref name=inde1/><ref name=ob1/>
|-
| 1980
| 18
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|18
|<ref name=unb1/><ref name=inde1/><ref name=ob1/>
|-
| 1981
| 12
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|12
|<ref name=unb1/><ref name=inde1/><ref name=ob1/>
|-
| 1982
| 19
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|19
|<ref name=unb1/><ref name=inde1/><ref name=ob1/>
|-
| 1983
| 16
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|16
|<ref name=unb1/><ref name=inde1/><ref name=ob1/>
|-
| 1984
| 23
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|23
|<ref name=unb1/><ref name=inde1/><ref name=ob1/>
|-
| 1985
| 27
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|27
|<ref name=unb1/><ref name=inde1/><ref name=ob1/>
|-
| 1986
| 30
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|30
|<ref name=unb1/><ref name=inde1/><ref name=ob1/>
|-
| 1987
| 17
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|17
|<ref name=unb1/><ref name=inde1/><ref name=ob1/>
|-
| 1988
| 13
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|13
|<ref name=unb1/><ref name=inde1/><ref name=ob1/>
|-
| 1989
| 17
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|17
|<ref name=unb1/><ref name=inde1/><ref name=ob1/>
|-
| 1990
| 18
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|18
|<ref name=unb1/><ref name=inde1/><ref name=ob1/>
|-
| 1991
| 15
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|15
|<ref name=unb1/><ref name=inde1/><ref name=ob1/>
|-
| 1992
| 16
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|16
|<ref name=unb1/><ref name=inde1/><ref name=ob1/>
|-
| 1993
| 23
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|23
|<ref name=unb1/><ref name=inde1/><ref name=ob1/>
|-
| 1994
| 39
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|39
|<ref name=unb1/><ref name=inde1/><ref name=ob1/>
|-
| 1995
| 36
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|36
|<ref name=unb1/><ref name=inde1/><ref name=ob1/>
|-
| 1996
| 31
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|31
|<ref name=unb1/><ref name=inde1/><ref name=ob1/><ref name="book1">{{Cite book |title=Cover report at [[Shaptahik 2000]], 13 January 2001}}</ref>
|-
| 1997
| 33
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|33
|<ref name=unb1/><ref name=inde1/><ref name=ob1/><ref name="book1" />
|-
| 1998
| 37
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|37
|<ref name=unb1/><ref name=inde1/><ref name=ob1/><ref name="book1" />
|-
| 1999
| 38
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|38
| <ref name=star1/><ref name=dt1/><ref name=unb1/><ref name=inde1/><ref name=ob1/><ref name="book1" />
|-
| 2000
| 31
| 17
| 106
| 0
| 2
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 169
|<ref name="odhi1">{{cite web |url=http://odhikar.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Statistics_Border_2000-2020.pdf |title=IHuman Rights Violation by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) against Bangladeshi Citizens |date=7 January 2021 |publisher=[[Odhikar]] |website= |access-date=10 January 2021 |archive-date=12 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112130037/http://odhikar.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Statistics_Border_2000-2020.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="saj">{{cite web |url=http://southasiajournal.net/india-bangladesh-border-killing/ |title=India-Bangladesh border killing |date=3 December 2017 |website=South Asia Journal |access-date=30 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="odhi">{{cite web |url=http://odhikar.org/report-on-human-rights-violations-in-the-india-bangladesh-border/ |title=Indian Border Security Force (BSF) and Indian miscreants kill 607 Bangladeshis in 7 years |date=31 December 2006 |website=Odhikar |access-date=30 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="book1" />
|-
| 2001
| 84
| 29
| 55
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 179
|<ref name="odhi1"/><ref name="saj"/><ref name="odhi"/>
|-
| 2002
| 94
| 42
| 118
| 30
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 296
|<ref name="odhi1"/><ref name="saj"/><ref name="odhi"/>
|-
| 2003
| 27
| 41
| 120
| 7
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 205
|<ref name="odhi1"/><ref name="saj"/><ref name="odhi"/>
|-
| 2004
| 72
| 30
| 73
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 180
| <ref name="odhi1"/><ref name="saj"/><ref name="odhi"/>
|-
| 2005
| 88
| 53
| 78
| 14
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 240
|<ref name="odhi1"/><ref name="saj"/><ref name="odhi"/>
|-
| 2006
| 155
| 121
| 160
| 32
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 479
| <ref name="odhi1"/><ref name="saj"/><ref name="odhi"/>
|-
| 2007
| 118
| 82
| 92
| 9
| 3
| 5
| 198
| 0
| 507
| <ref name="odhi1"/><ref name="saj"/><ref name="odhi"/>
|-
| 2008
| 61
| 46
| 81
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 20
| 0
| 211
| <ref name="odhi1"/><ref name="bsf killing">{{cite news |title=India says 59 killed over last six months on Bangladesh border |url=http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-35156020080824 |work=Reuters |date=24 August 2008 |access-date=29 May 2020 |archive-date=26 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081026110404/http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-35156020080824 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2009
| 98
| 77
| 25
| 13
| 1
| 1
| 90
| 3
| 308
|<ref name="odhi1"/><ref name=star1>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/294-bangladeshi-killed-by-bsf-in-last-10-years-1769911 |title=294 Bangladeshis killed by BSF in last 10yrs: Home minister |date=11 July 2019 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=30 May 2019}}</ref><ref name=dt1>{{Cite news |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/2019/07/11/home-minister-294-bangladeshis-killed-by-bsf-in-10yrs |title=Kamal: 294 Bangladeshis killed by BSF in 10yrs |date=11 July 2019 |work=The Dhaka Tribune |access-date=30 May 2019}}</ref><ref name=unb1>{{Cite news |url=https://www.unb.com.bd/category/Bangladesh/294-bangladeshis-killed-by-bsf-along-border-in-10yrs-home-minister/22938 |title=294 Bangladeshis killed by BSF along border in 10yrs: Home Minister |date=11 July 2019 |work=The Dhaka Tribune |access-date=30 May 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 2010
| 74
| 72
| 43
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 197
| <ref name="odhi1"/><ref name=star1/><ref name=dt1/><ref name=unb1/>
|-
| 2011
| 31
| 62
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 125
| <ref name="odhi1"/><ref name=star1/><ref name=dt1/><ref name=unb1/>
|-
| 2012
| 38
| 100
| 74
| 1
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 16
| 238
| <ref name="odhi1"/><ref name=star1/><ref name=dt1/><ref name=unb1/>
|-
| 2013
| 29
| 79
| 127
| 0
| 1
| 77
| 41
| 0
| 354
|<ref name="odhi1"/><ref name=star1/><ref name=dt1/><ref name=unb1/>
|-
| 2014
| 35
| 68
| 99
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 209
| <ref name="odhi1"/><ref name=star1/><ref name=dt1/><ref name=unb1/>
|-
| 2015
| 44
| 60
| 27
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 132
| <ref name="odhi1"/><ref name=star1/><ref name=dt1/><ref name=unb1/>
|-
| 2016
| 29
| 36
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 87
| <ref name="odhi1"/><ref name=star1/><ref name=dt1/><ref name=unb1/>
|-
| 2017
| 25
| 39
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 92
| <ref name="odhi1"/><ref name=star1/><ref name=dt1/><ref name=unb1/>
|-
| 2018
| 11
| 24
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 51
| <ref name="odhi1"/><ref name=star1/><ref name=dt1/><ref name=unb1/>
|-
| 2019
| 41
| 40
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 115
| <ref name="odhi1"/><ref name=dt2>{{Cite news |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2020/01/03/threefold-rise-in-border-killing-in-2019 |title=Threefold rise in border killing in 2019 |date=11 July 2019 |work=The Dhaka Tribune |access-date=30 May 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 2020
| 51
| 27
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 86
| <ref name="odhi1"/><ref name=star1/><ref name=dt1/><ref name=unb1/>
|-
| 2021
| 17
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 31
| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://odhikar.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Border_2000-2021.pdf |title=Human Rights Violation by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) against Bangladeshi Citizens: 2000 - 2021 |date=20 February 2022 |publisher=[[Odhikar]] |website=odhikar.org/ |access-date=20 February 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 2022
| 18
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 39
| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://odhikar.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/AHRR-2022_English_30.01.2023-6.pdf |title=ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2022 BANGLADESH |date=1 January 2022 |publisher=[[Odhikar]] |website=odhikar.org/ |access-date=20 February 2023 |archive-date=20 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220175320/https://odhikar.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/AHRR-2022_English_30.01.2023-6.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|2023
|28
|28<!-- 27 gunned, 1 tortured to death -->
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|56
|<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=4 January 2024 |orig-date=4 January, 2024 |title=BANGLADESH ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2023 |url=https://odhikar.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AHRR-2023_Odhikar_English_Final.pdf |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=[[Odhikar]] |language=English}}</ref>
|-
|2024
|24
|29
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|53
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 February 2025 |title=ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2024|url=https://odhikar.org/ahrr-2024_odhikar_english/ |access-date=2025-06-24 |website=[[Odhikar]] |language=English}}</ref>
|-
|2025
|46<!-- 34 Killed by BSF and 12 killed by Indian nationals -->
|38
|14
|0
|0
|0
|2436<!-- Since 7 May 2025, India pushed at least 2436 people into Bangladesh, including Indian nationals and Rohingyas. -->
|0
|2534
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 January 2026 |title=Killings on Bangladesh border by India’s BSF highest in 5 years |url=https://www.newagebd.net/post/foreign-affairs/287103/border-killings-highest-in-5-years |access-date=10 February 2026 |work=[[New Age (Bangladesh)]]}}</ref>
|-
| Total
| 1963
| 1273
| 1422
| 111
| 16
| 157
| 2790
| 35
|7797
|
|-
|}

== Impact ==
The death of Bangladeshi nationals along the [[Bangladesh–India border]] has adversely affected the [[Bangladesh–India relations]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/bd-india-border-issues-38640 |title=BD–India border issues |date=26 August 2014 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=17 April 2017}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]'' described the issue as one that is "highly emotive" in Bangladesh.<ref name=":1" /> On the border death, Bangladesh former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said it was a matter of "grave concern" to her.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/country/deaths-along-border-matter-grave-concern-pm-1332787 |title=Deaths along border matter of grave concern: PM |date=20 December 2016 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=17 April 2017}}</ref> The border deaths have also been criticised by numerous human rights organisations.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/securing-rights-at-the-border-area-62888 |title=Securing rights at the border area |date=3 February 2015 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=17 April 2017}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[2001 Bangladesh–India border clashes]]
* [[Migrant deaths along the Mexico–United States border]]

==References==
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