The 177 members of Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP), who fled to Bangladesh, will be repatriated shortly.
Director General of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Maj Gen Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui told reporters at the BGB Monument at Ramgarh in Khagrachhari on Friday afternoon just after visiting it.
He said, "The process is going on to send the BGP members back to their homeland. We are hopeful of repatriating them soon. They will be returned the same way others have been sent back."
The 177 members of the Myanmar BGP fled to Bangladesh amid the armed clash between the Myanmar security forces and the rebels. The monument is a place where Ramgarh Local Battalion was established in 1795, which was, with the passage of time, turned into BGB.
Before the visit to the monument, the BGB DG paid a visit to the BGB Ramgarh Integrated Check Post (ICP) at Ramgarh Land Port and Bangladesh-India Friendship Bridge.
On the BGB ICP he said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated it last year while the Prime Minister of India inaugurated another ICP in the Indian side of the border.
Once the ICPs are opened or run, the economy of Bangladesh and India will flourish and be more vibrant.
The DG added that special security will be arranged at the BGB ICP.
After briefing reporters, the BGB head distributed food items--rice, sugar and lentil --among 250 destitute people at a nearby spot.
He then visited Ramgarh Battalion (43 BGB).
