Case filed over death of DGFI man during drug bust in Tumbru border
A case has been filed following the attack on the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and the death of a Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) officer during a drug bust at the Tumbru border in Bandarban Bandarban's Naikkhyangchhari earlier this month.
The case was filed by DGFI official Anwar Hossain.
Total 20 named and 30-35 unidentified individuals have been accused in the case, confirmed Naikkhyangchhari police station OC Mohammad Shahjahan on Saturday.
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Earlier on 14 November, a Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) officer working at the DGFI died in a gunfight with drug traffickers.
A RAB official was also wounded in the incident that occured along the border with Myanmar in Bandarban's Naikkhyangchhari, as per an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) press release.
DGFI and RAB were jointly conducting the anti-narcotic drive.
The ISPR release, however, did not mention the names and positions of the victim officers.
"During the clash with drug smugglers, an on-duty DGFI man (BAF officer) embraced martyrdom by sacrificing his life for the country and a RAB member was also injured," added the release.
