Firing inside Myanmar territory adjacent to Bangladesh’s Gumdhum union resumed on Monday, the sounds of which spread terror among local people.
No such sound was heard in the area for the last few days, local people said.
Firing took place close to pillar no 39 and 40 on Reju Amtali border area at around 6pm and continued for an hour.
Gumdhum Union Parishad Chairman Jahangir Aziz confirmed the matter to Dhaka Tribune.
Firing has been continuing inside Myanmar territory along Bangladesh’s Tombru border area under Gumdhum union in the past two months.
But of late residents of Teknaf have been feeling the heat as fighting between Myanmar junta forces and separatists shifted to a location close to Bangladesh’s Teknaf region.
Myanmar Ambassador to Bangladesh Aung Kyaw Moe was summoned by Dhaka for the fourth time over the recent incidents of firing along the borders on September 18 after a 17-year-old-Rohingya boy was killed and six others were injured at the Zero Point Rohingya Camp close to the international border in Tombru.
The casualty was caused by a mortar shell fired by the Myanmar army.
Another youth named Anganthowai Tanchangya was injured in a landmine explosion along Tombru border the same day.
Bangladesh has been repeatedly asking Myanmar to keep its fighting within the country’s border, saying that Dhaka will lodge complaints with the UN in this regard if things escalate further.