NEW DELHI – Indian BSF has suspended a jawan for allegedly molesting aBangladeshi woman on board the cross-border Maitree Express, a seniorofficial said on Tuesday. The incident took place yesterday.
The train was bound for Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka. The husband of thewoman had complained to the station manager at Kolkata about the incidentafter which the Border Security Force (BSF) was informed.
“Constable V Bhavi of the 99th battalion of the force has been foundinvolved in the incident and he has been suspended,” a senior BSF officersaid.He said the jawan was part of the contingent that is tasked to providesecurity to the cross-border train till it enters Bangladesh from Gede inWest Bengal.
“The incident report was taken very seriously and such incidents cannot beallowed to spoil the good relations between the two countries,” he said.The Maitree Express, launched in 2008, runs between Kolkata and Dhaka onfour days a week.