A total of 330 Myanmar officials, BGP members, army personnel, and customs officials who fled Myanmar and took shelter in Bangladesh recently, were handed over to Border Guard Police of Myanmar on Thursday amid tight security.

They were handed over in two phases, the Ministry of Home Affairs said in a press release.

Of them, nine were injured BGP members, it added.

The press release said the handover process started from Inani Navy Jetty around 5 am.

At first, 165 arrived at Inani Jetty at 7:30 am and the remaining at 8:00 am.

After completing their verification, they were handed over to the delegation from Myanmar, led by Ambassador Aung Kyaw Moe, reads the release.

BGB DG, DG of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, representatives of the Ministry of Home Affairs and Coast Guard, Deputy Commissioner of Cox's Bazar and Superintendent of Police were present.

Earlier, the delegation arrived at the Naval jetty ghat in Inani, Cox’s Bazar district, on Thursday (February 15, 2024), aboard a speedboat at 9:50 am.

The repatriation, supervised by the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), involves individuals including members of the Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP).

The group had crossed into Bangladesh, fleeing clashes between the Myanmar military and armed rebel groups.

This border tension has led to casualties on the Bangladeshi side, including the deaths of a Bangladeshi woman and a Rohingya man due to mortar shells coming from Myanmar.

An unidentified body was also found on February 8 in the Rahmaterbil border area of Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar, said Md Shamim Hossain, Officer-in-Charge of Ukhiya Police Station.