Bandarban representative: In the deep forest of Rumar upazila in Bandarban, there was an exchange of fire with the members of the armed organization Kuki Chin National Front (KNF). A KNF member was shot at this time.
Today, Monday (September 18), at around 12:30 pm, the shooting took place in the Jaiong neighborhood of Rumar Upazila. KNF member Bairam Bam (22) who was shot and arrested is the son of Jarem Lal Bam of the Betel Para area of Ruma Sadar.
The security forces of Bangladesh consider the Kuki Chin National Front a’separatist organization’. According to police and local sources, a patrol team of army personnel went to the spot after receiving information that a group of four KNF members were staying in the Jaiong neighborhood. Then there was firing from both sides.
At one point, the KNF members fled. Later, Boyram Bom was arrested on the spot with a gunshot wound. He was given first aid at Ruma Upazila Health Complex and sent to Bandarban Sadar Hospital for advanced treatment. Bandarban Additional Superintendent of Police Hossain Md. Raihan Kazemi said that the injured KNF members, along with weapons, have been arrested in the shooting incident between KNF and army personnel in Ruma. The details will be known when he is handed over to the police by the army.
