BANGLADESH NEWS
BGB personnel on Monday pushed back around 180 Myanmar nationals when they entered Bangladesh territory through Cox’s Bazar frontier in the face of the ongoing sectarian violence in the neighbouring country.
The members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) intercepted three engine boats carrying at least 180 Myamnar nationals in the Naf river near Shahpori Dwip Border Observatory Post in Teknaf around 7:30am and sent them back, said Maj Shafiqur Rahman, second-in-command of BGB 42 battalion.
Most of the intruders were women and children, our Chittagong correspondent reports, quoting the BGB official.
Around 10:30am, a team of coast guard pushed back a wooden boat carrying Myanmar citizens from St Martin, he said.
The acting commander further informed that BGB and Bangladesh Coast Guard men intercepted four engine boats in the Naf river in Teknaf around 2:00pm and sent those back.
Of the boats, two managed to enter Bangladesh territory with 47 and 17 passengers while two others were not allowed to enter Bangladesh part.
He said the intruders mostly Muslims, who were pushed back in the morning, might make several attempt to enter Bangladesh after being divided into small groups to flee the turmoil.
“But no outsider will be allowed to enter the country,” the BGB official said while.
On Saturday, police arrested four injured Myanmar citizens in Cox's Bazar town.
Police and BGB are on high alert near Teknaf of Cox's Bazar fearing influx of Myanmar citizens amid the violence between Muslims and Budhists in northwest Myanmar.
At least seven people have been killed and many hurt, authorities say, in the worst communal violence since a reformist government replaced a military junta last year.
A state of emergency was declared on Sunday in Myanmar's western Rakhine state amid fears of further unrest.
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