Independent Online Desk
27 March, 2019
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In Teknaf, BGB said one of their patrol teams stopped a group of Rohingya men who entered Bangladesh through the Kharangkhali border around 4:30am.
“They suddenly opened fire when the BGB team challenged them, triggering a skirmish,” said Shariful Islam Jamaddar, acting commanding officer of BGB-2.
“Two men were killed on the spot,” he said, adding that 1.9 lakh yaba pills were recovered from there.
However, the identities of the victims could not be known immediately.
In Pekua, two suspected pirates were killed in an alleged ‘gunfight’ with RAB at Magnama coastal area around 4:30 am.
RAB-7 said its team raided the area after being tipped off that a pirate gang was preparing for the robbery.
“The pirates opened fire as soon as the RAB team reached the spot, triggering a gunfight,” said Mehedi Hasan, company commander of Rab-7.
Bodies of two pirates were recovered after the skirmish. RAB also seized eight firearms and 26 bullets from the spot.
The bodies were sent to a local hospital for autopsy.
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