February 15, 2024
DHAKA – A total of 330 members of Myanmar forces and others officials, who crossed the border and took shelter in Bangladesh amid the conflict going on in Myanmar, will be sent back to their country tomorrow.
Shariful Islam, public relations officer of Border Guard Bangladesh, confirmed the development.
The officials will be handed over to Myanmar authorities at 8:00am through the Naval Jetty Ghat in Inani of Cox’s Bazar, he said.
They will return to their country by a ship, officials said.
The Myanmar officials started fleeing to Bangladesh since February 4 as heavy fighting continued in Myanmar between the junta forces and rebel group Arakan Army.
The shelter seekers include members of Myanmar Border Guard Police, army, immigration, police and other agencies.
A Bangladeshi woman and a Rohingya man were killed when a mortar shell fired from Myanmar exploded in Bandarban’s Ghumdhum union.
Amid the violence across the border, several bullets and mortar shells landed on the Bangladesh side of the border.