BSS
  10 Feb 2024, 20:18
Update : 11 Feb 2024, 09:15

Another unexploded mortar shell recovered in Bandarban's Ghumdhum

BANDARBAN, Feb 10, 2024 (BSS) - Another unexploded mortar shell was recovered 
by the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) from Tamru frontier in Naikhongchhari 
upazila of Bandarban this morning.

The mortar shell was found by a local farmer in a vegetable patch at the 
Paschimkul area of Ghumdhum union in Naikhangchhari upazila, Bandarban, along 
the border with Myanmar.

BGB sources said at least three unexploded mortar shells have reportedly 
landed from Myanmar in the border areas in the last three days.

Ghumdhum union parishad (UP) chairman Jahangir Aziz said of the three mortar 
shells, one of the shell has been defused by BGB while the other two has been 
taken to a safe place by the BGB men.