Bangladesh to procure sound grenades, teargas shells for BGB: Home Adviser

Bangladesh to procure sound grenades, teargas shells for BGB: Home Adviser

The government is set to procure sound grenades and teargas shells for the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), said Home Affairs Adviser Lieutenant General (ret) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury.
"The BGB has always been equipped with deadly weapons, but they have not had non-lethal alternatives like sound grenades or tear gas.
On January 18, there were tensions along the Chapainawabganj border, where Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) reportedly used teargas and sound grenades. But the BGB did not have these options at their disposal," he said following a meeting at his ministry on Monday.