Our foreign ministry
I would like to draw the ministry's attention to the DS Editorial dated September 12, 2005. The editorial has poignantly analysed the pogrom in which four Bangladeshis were 'lynched' by Indians on Indian soil assisted by BSF. I cannot do any better than quote just one paragraph from the editorial; "A case in point is lynching of Bangladeshis across the Bangladesh border in the Indian soil after their abduction which is not the category of issues that fall under the definition of routine 'border problem'. We condemn this brutality even if one were to say that the Bangladeshis had 'trespassed' into the Indian territory, although reports suggest otherwise, was it not for the BSF to take it up with the BDR, instead of letting these unfortunates be victims of an inhuman act?"
Why is the foreign ministry silent now?
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On the other hand, when India violated our airspace, it concerned the JS Committee on the Foreign Ministry. The Secretary of the Ministry informed, "Generally it sends protest notes to the Indian government." (DS 5.8.05).
Comparing the two incidents leaving aside the regular killing of Bangladeshis by BSF I am, as a layman, driven to the conclusion that our Air Space is a greater concern to the Foreign Ministry than the lives of Bangladeshis.