Ramgarh Correspondent, CHT News
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Panic spread among local residents after army
personnel stationed near Nagel Para in Ramgarh upazila of Khagrachari fired
blank shots overnight.
According to locals, on Tuesday evening (November 4,
2025) around 6:00 p.m., approximately 50–60 army personnel took position in a
fruit garden belonging to Md. Motaleb of Lalchari Para and in a nearby litchi
orchard owned by Sahab Uddin.
Later, at around 11:30 p.m., the soldiers fired two
blank rounds, followed by another round around 1:00 a.m. at midnight.
The sound of gunfire caused panic among residents, who
spent the night in fear and uncertainty.
Meanwhile, it was reported that Border Guard
Bangladesh (BGB) members, upon hearing the shots, asked locals, “Where is the
gunfire coming from?”, which further added to the confusion among the people.
It is noteworthy that since the evening of November 2,
more than a hundred members of the army and BGB have been stationed in a litchi
orchard owned by a man named Sahab Uddin, near Nagel Para along the Lalchari
border. While BGB personnel left the area around 7:00 a.m. on November 4, the
army remains stationed there.
Questions have arisen among locals as to whether this
atmosphere of fear and intimidation is part of an attempt to drive out the
indigenous hill residents living in the area.
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