Shawdesh Desk: Two suspected drug peddlers, including a Rohingya man, were killed in a reported gunfight with members of the Border Guard Bangladesh in Teknaf upazila on early Wednesday.
The deceased were identified as Mohammad Kamal, 22, son of Islam of Balukhali camp, and Habibur Rahman, 23, son of Abul Shama of Nayapara in Teknaf upazila.
BGB officials said that the gunfight took place along the bordering Najirpara area.
A BGB-2 team raided the area around 2:00am acting on a tip-off that a Yaba consignment was being brought into the country through the border point, said Major Mohammad Rubayet Kabir, additional director of BGB-2.
The BGB team came under fire as soon as it reached the spot. Kamal and Habibur were killed in the ensuing gunfight, the BGB official said.
The bodies were kept at Teknaf Sadar hospital morgue, he added.
The BGB team also recovered 100,000 contraband Yaba pills and a firearm from the spot after the skirmish.