But, he said, when the BGB members went to a certain point, instead of handing back the body, the Myanmar forces suddenly opened fire forcing the “the BGB members to fire back in self-defence”.
BGB officials at Bandarban frontier, the scene of the tension, said no fresh casualty was caused but unconfirmed reports said two more BGB soldiers went missing during the firing at the thickly-forested frontier yesterday. The officials did not confirm the claim but said the escalated tensions made the situation “unsuitable” for any flag meeting with Myanmar border forces on the zero line.
On Wednesday, Myanmar's border troops suddenly opened fire on BGB soldiers who were on a routine patrol at the Naikhangchharhi area when Rahman went missing. The people in the area later said that Rahman collapsed on the ground as the Myanmar border police started shooting and after the retreat of the BGB patrol team they took him away from the no man's land.
The foreign ministry earlier summoned Myanmar's envoy in Dhaka, Than Myo Myint yesterday to protest the unprovoked action and demanded an investigation into the incident. Bangladesh shares a 190-kilometre southeastern border with Myanmar.
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