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At least 14 soldiers of the Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) have fled across the border and taken shelter in Bangladesh amid conflict in Myanmar near the Ghumdhum-Tumbru border.
The soldiers of Myanmar took shelter at a camp of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) near Bangladesh's Ghumdhum-Tumbru border on Sunday morning.
Citing a BGB official, bdnews24.com says they are currently being kept at the camp.
Asked about the matter, Minister of Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan said, “There are about 14 of them. They are called BGP or Border Guard Police.”
“As you know, they have been fighting with the Arakan Army. At one point, they came here and took shelter. We are speaking to the Myanmar government about the matter.”
The BGB said more details will be available on Sunday afternoon at a press conference in the Tumbru border area.
Meanwhile, local news portals said a Bangladeshi national was injured on Sunday morning near the Ghumdhum-Tumbru border as mortar shells and bullets reportedly landed on the Bangladesh side amid relentless clashes inside Myanmar.