Border Security Force-Another Incidence

Bang! Bang!
shots point blank
at close range-
a prisoner
taken into custody
shackled and tied
no question of flight
in a fake 'encounter'
by protectors,
custodians
of our rights,
our strength
our might,
our freedoms-
machineries of our fears
instruments of hate
have turned their face
upon their creators
become monsters,
destructors,
of innocent and small-
in cruel games
that apall
like children
squashing roaches
swatting flies
tearing butterflies
imitating power
impotency
being entertained
by pain
without due process
of conscience and heart-
no public protest
at death, violation
of right
to life
to hope
happiness
small but true
a short story
lived through
now cut abruptly,
brutally,
torn and shred
beyond repair-
who can fight
the might of
the Border Security Force.
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In the March 4, 2008, PUCL reporting, Mr. Basudeb Sarkar was taken into custody and shot in chest and killed, in a fake encounter with the BSF.