An army soldier was killed and another injured in an explosion of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Ruma upazila of Bandarban on Friday, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a media statement on Saturday.
The deceased is Monnaf Hossain Raju, 21, and the injured Md Rezaul, 24.
According to the ISPR, the explosion happened around 1:30pm on Friday when the soldiers were going to distribute pure drinking water and oral saline from Silopi Para TOB (Temporary Operating Base), leaving them critically injured.
They were sent to Chittagong Combined Military Hospital by Air Force helicopter with urgency. Later, soldier Monnaf Hossain Raju died while undergoing treatment at the hospital, added the release.
Meanwhile, Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed expressed his deep shock and condolences to the bereaved family of the martyred army man.
