May 11th, 2019
They were to be sent to Malaysia, say DB sources
Staff Correspondent
Detective branch (DB) of police, in a special drive, detained 23 suspected Rohingyas from Khilkhet area yesterday.
Based on information, a team of DB police conducted drive at a home in Madhyapara of Khilkhet and arrested them, Masudur Rahman, deputy commissioner (media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, told The Daily Star.
The DB team recovered 56 Bangladeshi passports from their possession, he said, adding that they also arrested two women and the homeowner’s son Ayub for interrogation.
Identities of the detainees could not be ascertained immediately.
According to DB sources, of the arrestees, only the two women and Ayub can speak Bangla.
“During primary interrogation, we came to know that these [two] women were appointed to teach them Bangla,” said a high official of DB police, requesting anonymity.
Once learning the language, they were supposed to be sent to Malaysia, said the official, adding that law enforcers are now trying to find out how they managed to secure the Bangladeshi passports.
No case was lodged till filing of this report around 8pm yesterday.
Meanwhile, locals rescued two children from a Rohingya woman in Benapole Bazar area yesterday.
The arrestee was identified as Phool Banu, 50, wife of A Rahim, a resident of Myanmar.
The abducted children were identified as Md Munsur, 4, son of Alek Hossain, and Kumar Das, 5, son of Pradip Das, our Benapole correspondent reports.
According to locals, Phool Banu gave some sweets to the children -- playing near a fish market in the Benapole Bazar -- and lured them with the promise of more if they went with her.
Noticing the incident, some locals stopped her and informed the Benapole Port Police Station. Later, police detained her.
Abdul Latif, sub-inspector of Benapole Port Police Station, said locals caught the Rohingya woman along with the children.
A case has been filed with Benapole Port Police Station, he added.
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