Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)-Bangladesh and Myanmar border forces exchanged gunfire Friday evening for nearly an hour after a BGB member was allegedly shot and killed by Myanmarese border police.
Earlier Thursday night, Bangladeshi paramilitary forces mobilised extra troops along the southeastern frontier with Myanmar as tension mounted following the clash and killing, reports Myanmar Times.
The firing began at Bandarban's Naikhangchharhi around 4:00pm Friday, reports IANS quoting official of Bangladesh Border Guard.
No casualty has been reported so far.
Tension has been brewing up along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border since Wednesday night when Myanmar’s Border Guard Police (BGP) reportedly opened fire at BGB patrol teams at a Rohingya refugee camp near the border.
After the incident, a BGB trooper was reported missing.
BGB officials said that Myanmar’s Border Guard Police had been silent about the matter.
Later the issue was taken to the foreign ministry.
The ministry summoned Myanmar’s ambassador in Dhaka to protest, after which BGP said they had a dead body.
The BGB director general said BGP had not named the dead person.
BBN/ANS-31May14-9:00am (BST)
