Two Bangladeshi nationals suffered serious injuries in a landmine explosion near border pillar number 47-48 on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border on Saturday evening.
The injured were Nurul Absar,18, son of late Mohammad, of Jaruliachhari village of Naikhangchari Sadar union, and Md Babu,17, son of Ali Ahmed, of Kambonia village of Naikhongchari Sadar union.
According to locals, the youths might have gone to the area to smuggle cattle or Yaba pills.
The injured were given first aid at Naikhongchari Upazila Health Complex.
As their condition deteriorated, the doctors referred them to Cox’s Bazar General Hospital for better treatment, said Naikhangchari Sadar union parishad chairman Nurul Absar Emon.
One of the injured, one was from this area, and the other was a resident of Moulvir Kata village in Kachchhpia union, he added.
