C T Online Desk: A total of two shells fired from Myanmar warplanes landed inside Bangladesh’s border area in Bandarban.
The incident was reported at around 9:30am on Saturday in the Ghumdhum area of the district, reports Bangla Tribune.
Bandarban Superintendent of Police (SP) Tariqul Islam said law enforcers are currently on alert after the incident.
Police and locals said that two warplanes and helicopters patrolled across the Myanmar border between BGB-BOP border pillars no 40-41 in Ghumdhum’s Tumbru area.
At that time around 10 shells were fired from the warplanes, and two of them landed 120 metres inside Bangladesh.
Besides, the helicopters were also seen firing some 30-35 bullets.
On August 28, the Myanmar border security, Border Guard Police (BGP), reportedly hurled mortar shells at the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Bandarban’s Naikhongchhari.
As many as three mortar shells were consecutively hurled from the other side, creating fear among the locals and Rohingyas.
Later on Monday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Myanmar Ambassador to Bangladesh Aung Kyaw Moe and lodged a strong protest.
“We have lodged a strong protest with Myanmar so that such incidents do not happen again. We have also strongly condemned the incident,” Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen told reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
He said a note verbale was handed over to the ambassador.
