Two members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) were killed as a truck crashed into their motorcycle in Fulbari upazila here on Friday.
The deceased were identified Al Amin, 20, son of Golam Mostafa of Laxmipur, and Rubel, 22, son of Abdul Khaleque of Sirajganj. They were posted at Dinajpur BGB Battalion-29.
The truck hit the bike of the two border guards at Rajarampur on Dinajpur-Dhaka highway around 1:30pm, leaving them dead on the spot, said Lt Col Zahidur Rashid, commanding officer of the battalion.The BGB men met the accident while returning to the battalion after seizing Phensidyl syrup at Nawabganj in the upazila, he said.
At least nine people were injured as locals were locked in a clash with the BGB men when they went to the Rajarampur area to arrest the truck driver and his helper.
On information that the truck driver along with his helper hid in the area, a BGB men launched a drive there to arrest them.
BBC reported qouting local journalists that the clash ensued BGB men charged the locals as to how the driver and the helper of the truck managed to flee despite their presence. BGB officials said locals did not cooperate with BGB members to catch the drivers and hepers of the truck.
At one stage locals vandalised a BGB vehicle. When they hauled up one person the local attacked them pelting brickbats compelling them to respond by opening fire in self-defence.
Local people alleged that the BGB members attacked them without provocation. They also said that the BGB members beat some of them asking them to hand over the truck driver and the helper to them.
The mob pelted the BGB men with brick chips, vandalised their vehicle and allegedly took away a magazine.
When they told them that they know nothing in this regard, the border guards launched attack on several shops and vandalised those, they said, claiming that nine people were also injured in the BGB action. – UNB
