Rohingya man found dead in Cox’s Bazar, 3 held

The body of an individual abducted a year ago from a refugee camp in Ukhiya of Cox’s Bazar has been recovered from the floor of an abandoned house.

The Armed Police Battalion (APBn) detained three people in this connection.

Mohammad Shihab Kaiser Khan, the superintendent of Police and Commander of the 8th APBn, confirmed the matter around 9 pm on Saturday (December 18).

The detainees are identified as Md Islam, 22, son of Md Salam; Abdul Monnaf, 26, son of Kashem and Md Elias, 28, son of Md Salam from Camp-14, Block-E/3 in Hakimpara, Ukhiya.

The three Rohingya miscreants were detained after conducting a raid with the help of volunteers in Camp-14, Block-E /3 in Hakimpara, Ukhiya. During the interrogation, the detainees confessed that they abducted Syed Amin, a sub-boatman from block-C/4 of camp No. 21 in Chakmarkul in January this year. Later, they brought him to camp-14 and demanded a ransom of BDT 80,000 from the victim’s family, said the superintendent of police (SP), Shihab Kaiser.

When they failed to receive the ransom from him, some 20 to 25 miscreants killed him and later buried the body under the floor of the abandoned house of Yakub, a former boatman of camp-14, he said.

The body was recovered from the abandoned house in the presence of police including CIC of camp-14 from morning till noon on Saturday (December 18). Later, the deceased’s wife identified the body as her husband.

A legal action is being taken at Teknaf police station, added the officer.