A uniformed man was found dead along a canal in Ukhia on Sunday afternoon, officials said, adding that it might be linked to recent trouble inside Rakhine, Myanmar, where the ethnic Arakan Army was fighting with the junta regime.
The body, with the head covered in a helmet and hands in gloves, was found floating in the Telipara canal, prompting the locals to inform the police through the national emergency services.
The canal is connected to the bordering river Naf, which runs on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border.
Cox’s Bazar police superintendent, Mahfuzul Islam, said that they were yet to know the identity of the body but suspected that his killing might be linked to the conflict in Myanmar.
Police officials who recovered the body suspected that the man could have been killed days ago. Another body was found on the Rahmater Bill in Ukhia on Saturday.
Firing inside bordering Rakhine in Myanmar continued as of Sunday.
Quoting the Arakan Army, Thailand-based Irrawaddy reported on Friday that the rebel group had seized the last remaining Myanmar junta stronghold in the Rakhine city of Mrauk U.
Myanmar’s junta, meanwhile, has declared mandatory military service for all young men and women, state media said, as it struggles to contain armed rebel forces fighting for greater autonomy in various parts of the country.
All men aged 18–35 and women aged 18–27 must serve for up to two years, while specialists like doctors aged up to 45 must serve for three years. The service can be extended for a total of five years in the ongoing state of emergency, state media said on Saturday.
Some 330 Myanmar Border Guard Police, army personnel, civilian staff, and a few of their family members have taken shelter in Bangladesh since February 4 amid clashes between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army.
Bangladeshi officials said they were preparing to send the Myanmar nationals home by ship by this week.
On February 5, two people were killed in Bangladesh after a mortar shell fired from Myanmar landed and exploded on the Bangladesh side along the Gumdum border.
Since January 2024, Myanmar military forces have attacked Arakan Army fighters deployed in Rohingya villages, particularly in south Buthidaung township, which has resulted in civilian casualties and the destruction of property, according to local residents, Rohingya groups, and the media.
New Age
