No troops build-up by Myanmar: BGB

A high-level team of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) yesterday visited Bangladesh-Myanmar borders but found no troops build-up by Myanmar.
Headed by BGB's Chittagong Sector Commander Col Bashirul Islam, the team visited the bordering Naikhangchhari upazila for about seven hours from 10:00am.
During the visit, the team members found regular patrol of Myanmar's border force, Nasaka, but no sign of additional military deployment along the Bangladesh border.
“We could not find any evidence of military build-up along the border during our investigation”, said Lt Col Khalequzzaman, battalion commander of 17 BGB battalion in Cox's Bazar, after concluding the visit around 5:00pm.
He said BGB officials wanted to know about troops mobilisation when they met with Nasaka officials on Wednesday, but the Myanmar officers rejected the claim terming it propaganda.
Some newspapers and television channels reported in the last few days that Myanmar had mobilised huge troops along the border with Bangladesh.
BGB sources said that yesterday's visit was to verify if there was actually any such mobilisation.