6 ARSA members held from Rohingya camp

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained six active members of Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) from Rohingya camp in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

Md Abu Salam Chowdhury, senior assistant director (Legal and Media) of RAB-15, confirmed the news.

The detainees are- ARSA members Mohammad Arab, 24, Mohammad Nuru, 31, Mohammad Yunus, 33, Mohammad Harun, 28, Mir Kashem alias Hamid Hossain, 22, and Hafizul Amin, 25.

Acting a tip-off that some ARSA members, equipped with weapons, are taking position near M-18 Sub Block of Camp-18’s Main Block-E of Maynarghona of Palangkhali Union of Ukhiya on Thursday night. A team of RAB conducted a drive and detained the six people, said RAB official Abu Salam Chowdhury.

Locally made one-shooter gun and two rounds of bullets were recovered during the operation, he said.

Legal action against them in this regard is in progress, the official added.