report in Prothom Alo, Apr 29, 2023Armed Police Battalion (APBN) members detained four members of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) with a huge cache of arms and ammos in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Friday morning. The detainees, identified as Md Jobayer, 20, Nur Mohammad, 25, Jamila Begum, 48 and Bibi, 16, are all residents of different blocks of the Rohingya camps in the upazila, reports UNB. According to an APBN media release…
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Report in The Daily Star, Jan 23, 2023 at 09:27 AMRapid Action Battalion said they arrested a top leader of newly surfaced militant group Jama’atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya and one of his associates following a gunfight in Ukhia upazila of Cox’s Bazar today. The arrestees are Ranbir, a shura member and head of the military wing of the militant outfit and his associate, “bomb expert” Bashar, from the area adjacent to Kutupalong Rohingya camp,…
report in Prothom Alo, 30 Nov 2022Some unidentified assailants shot and stabbed to death a Rohingya leader in a refugee camp in Ukhiya upazila of the district early Tuesday, reports UNB. Shahab Uddin, 35, was a sub-leader, locally known as sub-majhi, of the No 12 Rohingya camp. He was also son of Monir Ahmed of the H/14 Block of the same camp. Sheikh Mohammad Ali, officer-in-charge (OC) of Ukhiya police station, said a group of…