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‘BGB authorized to use tear shells, sound grenades’

Senior Reporter || risingbd.com

Published: 17:18, 20 January 2025   Update: 17:18, 20 January 2025
‘BGB authorized to use tear shells, sound grenades’

Teargas shells and sound grenades are being purchased for the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), said Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury.

The adviser said this while addressing reporters after a meeting at the secretariat on Monday (January 20).

"The BGB has always been equipped with deadly weapons, but they have not had non-lethal alternatives like sound grenades or teargas. On 18 January, there were tensions along the Chapainawabganj border, where India's Border Security Forces (BSF) reportedly used teargas and sound grenades. But the BGB did not have these options at their disposal," he said.

Now we have given them permission to use sound grenades and teargas shells. These things will be purchased for them, he added.

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