A Bangladesh Army soldier was killed during a gunfight with an armed human trafficking gang in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar and the joint forces rescued 57 hostages and detained five suspected traffickers, recovering firearms and ammunition. According to the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), a joint team comprising the Army’s 10 Infantry Division, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and local police launched an operation in the Rongikhali hills after receiving intelligence that 15 to 16 armed traffickers were holding nearly 120 Rohingya and Bangladeshi nationals hostage.
During the exchange of fire, 27-year-old Soldier Md. Titas Sheikh sustained a gunshot wound to his left shoulder. He was taken to the Combined Military Hospital in Ramu, where doctors declared him dead.
