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BGB on high alert

4 injured Myanmar citizens held

Star Report
Border Guard Bangladesh is on high alert near Teknaf of Cox's Bazar, fearing influx of Myanmar citizens into Bangladesh as sectarian violence spreads in the neighbouring country.
The BGB personnel posted there, however, have not been instructed on what to do if Myanmar people cross the border to flee the turmoil.
Maj Shafiqur Rahman, second-in-command of BGB 42 battalion in Teknaf, yesterday said, "We have information that many Rohingyas could attempt to intrude into Bangladesh following the violence. But we are on high Eilert and are vigil to prevent this.
"As per our informers, Rohingyas on 11 trawlers may attempt to intrude into Bangladesh through Shah Pori Island, Nila, Domdomia and others tonight. We have doubled our forces at these points.
"We have already informed our higher authority and we are waiting for instructions on what we will do if such infiltration of Rohingyas occurs."
Talking to The Daily Star last night Home Secretary CQK Mostak contradicted the major and said BGB and police had been kept on alert so that no push-in of Myanmar citizen could take place.
Asked if additional BGB personnel would be deployed along the border with Myanmar, he said, "We are keeping constant watch over what is going on and we do not yet feel the need to deploy additional forces there.”
Asked what Bangladesh's response would be since Myanmar deployed the military in the bordering Rakhine state, he said Myanmar had deployed the army to control riots between Rohingya Muslims and majority Buddhists.
Meanwhile, Police arrested injured Myanmar citizens Jane Alam, 25, Khursheda Begum, 40, and
Md Selim, 20, in Cox's Bazar town on Saturday around 9:00pm. BGB personnel arrested another Myanmar citizen, Kamal Hossain, at Teknaf Upazila Health Complex around 9:00am yesterday, reports a correspondent.
Arrestee Kamal Hossain told the correspondent that Nasaka security forces shot him Saturday night and he came to Teknaf on a fishing boat Sunday morning.
Superintendent of Police Selim Mohammad Jahangir of Cox's Bazar said a case had been filed against the arrestees under the Foreigners' Act and one of them, Kamal, had been sent to Chittagong for treatment while the others were in Cox's Bazar Sadar Hospital.
Meanwhile, 39 out of 55 Bangladeshi traders trapped in Myanmar were brought back yesterday morning. However, only 10 out of 271 Myanmar traders in Bangladesh were sent back to Myanmar, said Abdul Quader Siddiqui, an immigration official at Teknaf Land Port.
"We have already sent letters to different government offices in Myanmar to
bring back the remaining 16 Bangladeshi citizens," he said.
The Myanmar government had closed movement of people between Teknaf Land Port and Maungdaw Port in Myanmar following the unrest that flared on Friday.
The Bangladeshi returnees spoke of violence across the border.