Matiranga clash: Probe committee to submit a report on March 12

Probe report on the clash between locals and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in Matiranga Upazila, Khagrachhari will be submitted to the district administration on March 12.

The submission date shifted from Sunday as the three-member probe committee required additional time to record the incident-descriptions by BGB members present during the clash, said Additional District Magistrate Khandaker Rezaul Karim, of the probe committee.

Previously on Friday, a case was filed against six members of the BGB for opening fire during a clash with villagers on Tuesday, at Gazinagar Bazar in Matiranga Upazila, that left five people dead.

Manik Miah, son of Mofiz Miah who was killed during the clash, filed the case with Matiranga police station.

The charges include: attempted murder, assault, intimidation and trespassing, confirmed Matiranga police station OC Samsuddin Bhuiya.

The prime accused Ishak Ali, a Havildar of BGB's Palashpur zone unit, previously on Thursday filed cases naming 19 named locals, including four of the deceased, and unnamed 60 to 70 others, over the clash.

At least five people, including a BGB soldier, were killed during the clash.

The incident took place when labourers were loading tree trunks on a truck in the morning. A BGB team from Khagrachhari appeared there and barred them from doing the job which led to the clash.