Dhaka, June 17 -- Urging India to stop brutal expulsions, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday said both Bangladesh and Indian governments should ensure that border management never again comes at the cost of basic human dignity.

The New York-based rights body said the Indian authorities are forcibly expelling 'ethnic Bengali residents, mostly Muslims' from West Bengal state, to Bangladesh without basic due process.

"No one, whatever their nationality, should be left to spend nights in an open field between two lines of armed border guards," said Meenakshi Ganguly, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch.

Ganguly said the Indian authorities are cruelly dumping families into Bangladesh or leaving them stranded at the border, ign...