Staff Correspondent: A Bangladeshi fisherman was allegedly killed by Myanmars border guards and the border guards near at the border region of Coxs Bazars Teknaf upazila on Monday morning.
Nurul Amin, 32, was fishing with two others when the incident took place around 6:30am, our local correspondent reports. Another Nurul Mustafa, 32, has been shot.
Md Hashim, the unhurt fisherman, said, We were fishing at Moulvipara point of the Naf river when a group of Myanmars Border Guard Police (BGP) came in on a speedboat and opened fire.
The dead body has been kept at Teknaf Police Station. Injured Nurul Mustafa was initially rushed to Teknaf Upazila Health Complex, but later taken to Coxs Bazar Sadar Hospital after his condition worsened.
Teknaf Upazila Health Complexs Emergency Medical Officer Dr Sohab Das said Nurul Amin sustained shots to the chest and he died from excessive bleeding before he was taken to the hospital. Mustafa was shot on his back, the doctor said.
Teknaf Police Station Officer-in-Charge Abdul Majid told The Daily Star that Border Guard Bangladesh informed him of such an incident and that he sent police force at the spot.
However, none of the officials of the Bangladesh border guards could be reached for a quote in this regard despite several attempts at the time.