Foreign Minister Dipu Moni issued a statement expressing outrage over the incident, calling it a "gross violation of human rights".

[10] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh officially lodged a diplomatic protest with the Indian government, demanding that the responsible BSF personnel be held accountable.

[11] While the Indian government expressed regret over the incident, it maintained that the BSF personnel were acting within the guidelines of border security enforcement.

This verdict was widely criticized, particularly by Bangladeshi officials and international human rights organizations, who questioned the integrity of the trial process and the accountability of the BSF.

However, the GSF court upheld the original acquittal, stating that the procedural and evidentiary limitations made it impossible to establish guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

[21] In 2021, Mahbubul A Khalid along with composer Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul released a song titled 'Felani' commemorating her tenth death anniversary.