Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Saturday said the government is trying to resolve the issues with Myanmar peacefully and diplomatically but a complaint will be lodged to the United Nations regarding mortar shelling at the border if necessary.
The minister said this while responding to reporters’ queries after attending a programme at Ahsania Mission in Dhaka.
He said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned them (Myanmar) several times but they did not keep their promise. “We have lodged a strong protest over casualties from Friday’s mortar shelling by Myanmar at Tombru border,” he added.
“Myanmar’s internal conflicts should remain within its border but their forces are crossing the border time and again and injuring Bangladesh nationals,” said Asaduzzaman.
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He said Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) is continuously being contacted about this issue and the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has remained alert to prevent illegal entry of Rohingyas.
On Friday night, a 17-year-old Rohingya boy named Mohammad Iqbal was killed and five others were injured as a mortar shell fired by the Myanmar army exploded at the Zero Point Rohingya Camp close to the international border at Tombru, Bandarban.
The deceased and injured were all residents of the Rohingya camp, which is closest to the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, in no man's land.
Four mortar shells landed in succession at the Rohingya camp around 8:00pm.
Earlier, another youth named Anganthowai Tanchangya got injured in a landmine explosion along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Naikhongchhari upazila of Bandarban on Friday noon.
Locals said it is the Myanmar army that has mined the area.
Twelve mortar shells have been fired by the Myanmar army on Bangladesh territory so far.
