Dhaka, April 5 -- Eight platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed to maintain law and order for the Bogura-6 (Sadar) by-election scheduled to be held on April 9.

According to a BGB handout issued on Saturday, the deployment aims to ensure that the by-election is held in a free, fair, impartial and peaceful manner.

As per the instructions of the Election Commission, BGB personnel will remain on duty in the constituency until April 11.

The eight platoons, drawn from BGB's Naogaon Battalion (16 BGB) and Patnitala Battalion (14 BGB), have already begun their duties by setting up three base camps in Bogura Sadar upazila.

BGB members will be deployed as both mobile and static forces to maintain overall law and order, incl...