13 more BGP personnel take refuge in Bangladesh

Amid a conflict between the Myanmar military and the armed rebel group in Myanmar's Rakhine, 13 more members of the country's Border Guard Police (BGP) took shelter in Bangladesh on Thursday night, the authorities said, reports UNB.

So far, a total of 274 BGP members have taken refuge in Bangladesh, said Shariful Islam, public relations officer (PRO) of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), on Friday.

At first, the BGP members surrendered to the members of Coast Guard (CG) in the Naf River after intruding into Bangladesh territory, it read.

The CG later handed over them to the BGB-11 battalion stationed in Naikhongchhari, the release said.