Three yaba traders have died allegedly in a gun battle with members of the Coastguard at Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf Upazila.
They were Amin Majhi of Shahpari Island of Teknaf, Mohammad Kalu of Moheshkhali Upazila and Jahir Ahmed of Sadar Upazila.
“The incident occurred at Seradia Island on Friday morning. We ran a raid on a tip-off there when yaba traders fired at us. We then fired back in self-defense and they fled back to Myanmar,” said St Martin Coastguard Station Commander Lt Shahid Al Hasan.
“Three of us, including operator of the trawler we were in, were injured during the gunfight,” said Shahid. He, however, could not say whether any Yaba trader was injured in the gun battle.
Asked, Cox’s Bazar police station’s Officer-in-Charge Anwar said, “We cannot say anything about it for sure right now because the coastguard have not yet informed us about the gunfight in details.”
“However, we have so far learnt that all the three whose bodies are now at the hospital were yaba traders,” he said, adding, “We are investigating it with importance.
