Officials said one person was killed and several others were injured on Monday among a group of local people and a group of Air Force personnel at an airbase in the Cox Bazaar in Bangladesh.
Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR) – Army’s Media Wing – said in a statement that “miscreants” attacked the Bangladesh Air Force near the Samitipara of Cox Bazar. “Bangladesh Air Force is taking necessary action in this regard,” said this.
ISPR said that “some local crooks” “sudden attack” of the Samitipara region adjacent to the beach resort town was stopped at a checkpoint on a biker on the airbase as he was crossing the Aadhaar area without any papers for the vehicle without any papers for the vehicle .
It said that the biker was taken under Aadhaar for questioning when more than 200 people marched towards Aadhaar. Security personnel tried to stop them, causing a struggle to injured four Air Force personnel.
District Deputy Commissioner, Mohammad Salhuddin said: One person was killed, and many others were injured in the incident. ,
In a local hospital, where the injured were being treated in charge of a police box, where the injured were being treated, the incident took place around noon. “The local businessman, 30 -year -old Shihab Kabir was shot during a clash,” the official said.
The incident provoked a social media uproar, claiming that the youth died of bullets shot by Air Force personnel. Bangladesh’s Ministry of Defense said in a statement, saying that BAF men did not set fire to any living bullets during the violence.
ISPR said the Air Force personnel fired “blank shots” to protect a major installation, but no bullet was fired on people. It asked the incident for the “bad motives” of some “vested quarters”. “The Bangladesh Air Force expressed its deep shock over the death of the youth and expressed its sympathy to its family members,” said this.
According to a local journalist, the government plans to expand the airport and move people in the neighborhood, which is a proposal protested by some residents.
Advisor to Home Affairs, Lieutenant General (Retd.) M Jahangir Alam Chaudhary’s commitment to maintain the law and order.
At a pre-don press conference at his residence, Mr. Chaudhary said that the “colleague” of Awami Awami League regime of uninhabited Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was out to destabilize the country, but “he would not be spared in any way”.
He said, “We will ensure that terrorists do not stand anywhere and stop crimes at any cost,” he said that law enforcement agencies were asked to strengthen their patrols across the country.
Bangladesh security forces arrested over 8,600 people in a two -week crack called “Operation Devil Hunt”, who allegedly targeted gangs associated with the Hasina government.
Amid increasing concerns about the level of rising crime, especially in Dhaka, police said the number of robbery had doubled since January last year. “Operation Devil Hunt will continue. We will not allow criminals to sleep or rest. I have ordered the forces to intensify patrolling,” Mr. Chaudhary asked reporters.
Mr. Chaudhary’s emergency briefing comes as students, who led the revolt of July-August 2024, eventually declined in Awami League rule, expressing concern over the situation of deteriorating law and order, many of which resigned to her resignation demanded.
In a related development, Bangladesh’s Army Chief General Vekar-U-Zaman said on Monday that Bangladesh should continue working to maintain law and order until an elected government is found.
He said, “We initially thought that this work will be completed quickly, which will allow us to return to the cantonment. We are now working for a long period. We should use patience and dedicate our professional with dedication Responsibilities should be fulfilled, “he said at a program in suburban Savar. Cantonment.
General Zaman said that it was necessary that “we should avoid the use of force, which can be applied only when necessary”.
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