BDR jawans clash with smugglers

Goods seized, 1 held

8 March 2009, 18:00 PM

Our Correspondent, Satkhira

Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) members yesterday opened fire at a gang of smugglers during a clash in Gachhar canal area in Sadar upazila. The jawans also arrested a smuggler and recovered smuggled goods including Indian saris and imitation ornaments worth Tk 85,000, sources said. The arrested smuggler is Matiur Rahman Babu, son of Fazar Ali of village Natungaon in Tala upazila. BDR sources said the jawans were attacked by a gang of smugglers as they chased them in the border areas when they were coming with the smuggled goods. The clash continued for about half an hour and at one stage BDR men opened 12 rounds of fire at the smugglers, sources said. BDR members in a drive also recovered one kilogram heroin worth Tk 1 crore from a Dhaka-bound night coach near Kazirhat in Kalaroa upazila on Satkhira-Dhaka road Saturday night. The jawans searched the night coach of Eagle Paribahan and seized the heroin found in a bag kept behind a seat, sources said.