Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Tuesday said that the truth about why and how drug smugglers fired at a Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) officer at the Tombru border in Bandarban will be revealed and shared.
He said this while responding to journalists’ questions after attending the Fire Service and Civil Defence Week 2022 programme in Dhaka.
He said the law enforcement team was conducting a drive against drug traders following information from a detective agency at the no-man’s-land area on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, where thousands of Rohingyas live.
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ISPR, however, did not reveal the names of the DGFI and RAB personnel.
Meanwhile, Sub-inspector Ripon Chowdhury, appointed at Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital, told the UNB correspondent that a RAB member was brought to the hospital around 10pm with a critical injury after being shot at the border during the drive.
Assistant Sub-inspector of Naikhongchhari police station Joydeb said that they were informed about the firing at the Konarpara area near the border, but don’t have information about who was involved.
Some locals claimed Myanmar insurgent group Al Yaqin members shot at a team of Rab-15 members at zero point of the border around 7pm last night while they were conducting a drive.
