On 7 January 2011, Felani Khatun, a 15-year-old Bangladeshi girl, was shot and killed by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) while attempting to cross the India-Bangladesh border near Phulbari Upazila in Kurigram, Bangladesh. Felani and her father, Noor Islam, were returning to Bangladesh after residing in Assam, India, without valid travel documents illegally.
The incident was captured in a photograph that showed her body suspended on the barbed-wire border fence. The image, which was widely circulated, became a focal point in discussions about border enforcement practices and human rights concerns.
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