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6 ARSA members arrested in Cox’s Bazar

GreenWatch Desk Crime 2023-02-25, 7:45am

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Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested six suspected members of Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) from Moynarghona Rohingya camp in Ukhiya of Cox's Bazar.

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

Md Abu Salam Chowdhury, senior assistant director (Legal and Media) of Rab-15, said that a Rab team conducted a drive and arrested the six, being tipped-off that some Arsa members, equipped with weapons, took position near Rohingya Abul Foyez stall of Moynarghona Rohingya camp.

A locally made one-shooter gun and three bullets were recovered during the operation, he said, reports UNB.