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Former BGB member's body recovered from Feni River

Published : Saturday, 14 November, 2026 at 1:43 PM

Observer Online Report

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Police recovered the body of a former member of Border Guard Bangladesh (then BDR) from the Feni River along the Ramgarh border in Khagrachhari on Saturday (November 14) morning, a day after he went missing.

The deceased was identified as Ongthoipru Marma, 65, son of the late Mong Mong Marma of Fenirkul area under Ramgarh municipality, who had voluntarily retired from the border force in 1986 and was an India-returnee refugee. According to police and local sources, he went to cut grass for cattle along the bank of the Feni River near border pillar 2214/18-S between Bangladesh's Fenirkul and India's Dholbari on Friday afternoon and failed to return home by night.

Following an overnight search by relatives, locals spotted his sack of grass and subsequently found his body trapped against concrete blocks in the river near the Fenirkul Boroi Bagan area around 8:20AM on Saturday, before police and BGB personnel recovered it at 8:30 AM. The victim's son, Thonggo Marma, said his father's bloodied body bore a severe head injury and demanded an investigation to determine whether he died in an accident or was killed by India's Border Security Force (BSF) and dumped in the river.

Ramgarh Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Nazir Alam confirmed that an injury mark was found on the deceased's forehead, noting that the spot where the body was recovered is narrow and lined with concrete blocks. He added that the victim's son will file a case and the body will be sent for an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death.

-EM

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