Staff Reporter :
The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has been deployed in Dhaka, Chattogram, Bogura, and Rajshahi amid reports of deadly clashes between quota protesters, police, and political wings—BCL and Jubo League—of the ruling Awami League.
Shariful Islam, public relations officer at BGB headquarters, announced this in a press statement on 6 July.
In Rajshahi, at least four platoons of BGB have been deployed, and two platoons in Bogura, confirmed Dewan Md Humayun Kabir, the Rajshahi Divisional Commissioner of BGB, to the media.
Lt Col Shahed Minhaj Siddiqui, the commander of BGB Chattogram-8 Battalion, stated that three platoons of BGB have been deployed in Chattogram. “BGB members are patrolling the Muradnagar, Oxygen, and Pahartali areas,” he added.