Dhaka, July 16 -- Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Wednesday said no border guard force has the right to shoot and kill someone who violates the law along the border, stressing that those who do this should be tried under Indian law.

"We are clearly saying that the border guard force does not have the right to shoot and kill someone who violates the law at the border. It is illegal. We have been protesting about this regularly. We keep continuing our protest," he said while talking to reporters at the Foreign Service Academy.

A journalist wanted to know whether the interim government, although initially strict in its stance on protesting the border killings, has become a little softer now. In response, Adviser Hossain said, ...