Bangladesh
Myanmar Number of Myanmar border guards fleeing to Bangladesh rises to 117
Dhaka, Feb 6: Due to the ongoing conflict inside Myanmar, 117 members of the country's Border Guard Police (BGP) have so far fled to Bangladesh with weapons.
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Public Relations Officer Md. Shariful Islam confirmed this information on Tuesday (February 6) morning.
He said that due to the ongoing conflict inside Myanmar, 117 members of the Myanmar Border Guard Police have entered Bangladesh so far. BGB disarmed them and took them to safe shelter.
Meanwhile, a Bangladeshi woman and a Rohingya citizen of Bandarban were killed by a mortar shell fired from Myanmar. The incident took place in Jalpaitli area of Ward No. 4 of Ghumdhum UP of Naikhongchari Upazila on Monday afternoon. The deceased Hashina Begum (52) is the wife of Badsha Mia of that area. The identity of the Rohingya man (55) killed is not yet known. During the shelling on Sunday, several mortar shells landed in Tambru area of Naikhongchari. One named Prabir Dhar, son of Yudhisthira Dhar of that area, was injured.
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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ordered the Bangladesh Armed Forces and BGB (Border Guard Bangladesh) to be patient on the Myanmar issue. Law Minister Anisul Huq said this in response to a supplementary question by Jatiya Party Secretary General Mojibul Haque Chunnu during the Jatiya Sangsad question and answer session on Monday.
Law Minister Anisul Huq said that a discussion with Myanmar has been ordered through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh.
"We are talking about that discussion and what other measures can be taken if they (BGP members) are sent back or not sent back. As happened yesterday (Sunday), one of us was killed in a mortar shell firing. One of them also was also killed. Bangladesh is monitoring this ongoing situation very closely. Action will be taken soon," he added.
