BGB removes 39 mines from Myanmar border
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) removed at least 39 land mines from the areas close to Myanmar border pillar 44 at Kachubunia in Naikkhongchhari of Bandarban district yesterday.
BGB sources said, the newly formed Myanmar border force had been planting land mines along the Zero Point of the border for the last one week, violating international border rules.
Recently a team of Myanmar border guards conducted a survey of 200 points along the border between the two countries.
After the survey, which ended on December 10, the Myanmar forces started their mine planting without informing it to the Bangladesh side.
On December 18, mines were planted along 30 kilometres of the Ashartoli border in Naikkhongchhari and the border villagers informed it to the 31 BGB Battalion.
Shamim Iqbal Chowdhury, a local of Naikkhongchhari told this correspondent that former Myanmar border force Nasaka did the same thing on the border around 8-10 years ago, causing death of several Bangladeshis and cattle heads.
Lt Col Shafiqur Rahman of 31 BGB Battalion yesterday said they found the allegations made by the Bangladesh border people true and already sent a strong note of protest to the Myanmar authorities in this regard.
He also confirmed that 39 mines were removed from the border.
We have reinforced border patrol in those areas, he added.
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