An 11-members Parliamentary Standing Committee on Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Ministry yesterday visited the newly established 51 Babuchhara BGB Battalion.
The team was headed by RAM Ubaidul Muktadir Chowdhury MP, president of of the committee.
During the visit, the team spoke to indigenous locals who claimed that the BGB had established the camp on their ancestral land and requested the visiting team to take action in this regard.
The protesters, however, could not present any legal documents to prove their claim.
The committee also asked the indigenous people to remain peaceful and said government should provide compensation to those who lost their land.
Later, the team also helped facilitate a discussion with the high-officials of Border Guard Bangladesh , who formed the Battalion on May 15 this year to protect 47 km unprotected borders from criminal activities.
Earlier, the committee also held a meeting with Deputy Commissioner Md Masud Karim regarding the issue.
