Bangladeshi media reports that 29 members of the Myanmar Military Council Border Guard Police (BGP) on the border of Rakhine State escaped to the Bangladesh side at around 9:00 am today.
During the fighting with the Rakhine Army (AA), they were in Bend Drobin District. Nat Kyawsari Township, It is said that they reached Bangladesh through the Jamchari border and took refuge.
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Public Relations Officer Shariful Islam confirmed the influx on Monday (March 11) afternoon.
29 members of the Myanmar border guard have taken refuge in Bangladesh. Regarding this issue, further necessary actions are being taken. They are now said to have disarmed them and taken them to a safe shelter.
The news reported that the 29 Myanmar border guards were from the Aung Thaye border guard station in Maungdaw Township.
In the early hours of February 15, the Myanmar Army Border Guard 330 people, including customs officials, entered Bangladesh due to the ongoing armed conflict with the Rakhine Army in Myanmar and were later deported.
Along the Tekkent border in Cox’s Bazar district, he said, he heard the sounds of gunfire and mortar fire from inside Myanmar for two weeks continuously.
It is said that the explosion of artillery shells fired by the Myanmar side could be heard even from the Bangladesh border area of Tekkent.
“Houses are shaking due to the strong explosion. The continued use of heavy weapons across the border is causing fear among the residents of Tackett. People’s work has stopped. Workers cannot go to work. “People near the border are going out of their houses carefully,” the report said. Ref and Photo: Ukhiya News