Police recovered the body of an unidentified man, believed to be a member of Myanmar army, along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Sunday.

Local people spotted the body of the man wearing green helmet and uniform in Balukhali Customs area in the afternoon and informed police, said Shamim Hossain, officer-in-charge of Ukhiya Police Station.

Kaisar, a local youth, said that black marks were found on the face of the man and he might have been washed ashore at Balukhali from Myanmar’s Dekhibunia through the River Naf.

Necessary steps would be taken in this regard, said the OC.

A tense situation has been prevailing along the border between Bandarban’s Naikhongchhari Ghumdhum and Tumbru amid fierce fighting, skirmishes and gunfire between the armed forces of the military junta and insurgent groups inside Myanmar for the last two weeks.

Over 300 Myanmar forces and border guards have so far taken shelter in Bangladesh as of Wednesday noon in the wake of conflicts along the border.

Meanwhile, two people — a Bangladeshi woman and a Rohingya man — were killed when mortar shells from the Myanmar side landed on a kitchen at village Jalpaitli of Ghumdhum union in Naikhongchhari upazila of Bandarban on Monday.