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Rohingya camp murders: 4 more arrested from Ukhia

Crime 2021-10-27, 12:40pm

Three of four persons arrested in connection with Rohingya Camp murders. UNB



Cox's Bazar, Oct 26 – Ukhia police and APBN arrested four more Rohingyas in connection with the murder of six refugees in a madrasah at the Balukhali camp in Ukhia.

Ukhia police and APBN together ran raids on Monday night and early hours of Tuesday.

The arrestees are head Majhi of  Camp-10 Shafiullah, Farid Hossain, Jahed Hossain and Mohammad Hashim.

Ukhia Police inspector Gazi Salahuddin said that the accused were arrested from different places of the camp during the raid.

So far, 14 suspects have been arrested.

Mohammad Shihab Kaiser Khan, Commanding Officer (Police Superintendent) of the Cox's Bazar-8 Armed Police Battalion, said the operation to arrest others involved in the killings continue.

Earlier on Friday, a predawn gun attack on Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama Al-Islamiyah Madrasa at the Balukhali refugee camp in Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar left six people dead.

A case against 275 people has been filed in this regard. - UNB