Myanmar military has fired bullets towards Bangladesh— creating panic among people living at Tombru border under Naikhongchhari's Gumdhum union.
Local people alleged that the massive sounds of firing began on Friday night, which also caused cracks to appear on houses near the border.
Gumdhum Union Parishad Chairman Jahangir Aziz confirmed the matter to Dhaka Tribune and said there was no casualty this time inside Bangladesh territory.
On September 16, a 17-year-old-Rohingya boy named Mohammad Iqbal was killed and five others were injured as a mortar shell fired by the Myanmar army exploded at the Zero Point Rohingya Camp in Tombru.
Rohingya leader Dil Mohammad at the Zero Point Camp in Tombru told Dhaka Tribune that sounds of firing were heard even on Saturday evening.
"Besides firing, sporadic sounds of explosions were also heard throughout the day," Dil Mohammad was quoted as saying by the UNB.
Amir Hamza, a local trader, said that although sounds of firing bullets and mortar shells between other pillars of Naikhongchhari remained suspended for the time being, this has not been the case for pillar numbers 34 and 35.
"It seems like the latest round of firing is taking a permanent shape with the passage of time. All of us living in this part of the border are fearing for our lives as the intermittent sound of firing isn't showing any sign of stopping," Amir said.
According to sources, local people also heard the sounds, a total of four explosions, at 8:00am, 5:10pm, 5:28pm and 6:00pm.
According to Dil Mohammad Alam, a local union parishad member of Tombru, Myanmar fighter jets fired 10-15 bullets between border pillar numbers 34 and 35 on Friday at about 10:45pm.
On September 18, Bangladesh summoned Myanmar ambassador to Bangladesh, Aung Kyaw Moe, for the fourth time and lodged a strong protest over the recent incidents along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border.
Ambassador Moe avoided journalists as he left the Foreign Ministry.
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal had said the government was trying to resolve the issues with Myanmar peacefully and diplomatically but a complaint will be lodged to the United Nations regarding mortar shelling at the border if necessary.
Twelve mortar shells have been fired by the Myanmar army into Bangladesh territory so far.