Our Correspondent, Noakhali
June 12, 2021
They fled Bhasan Char settlement
Police yesterday detained 12 Rohingyas in Noakhali's Companiganj upazila for fleeing a refugee camp at Bhasan Char in the district's Hatiya upazila.
According to the law enforcers, Abdul Halim, a local of Comapniganj upazila's Char Elahi Dakkhin Ghat, first traced the Rohingyas around 10:00am.
He then held the Rohingyas with the help of other locals.
On information, police went to the spot and took the Rohingyas into custody.
During primary quizzing, the Rohingyas said they fled the refugee camp with the help of some brokers and were heading towards Cox's Bazar through a boat.
Instead of going to Cox's Bazar, the brokers anchored the boat at Char Elahi Dakkhin Ghat area yesterday morning and forced the Rohingyas to get off from the boat, they said.
Abul Kalam Azad, inspector (investigation) of Companiganj Police Station, said locals suspected the Rohingyas because of their language and dress.
A case would be filed against the Rohingyas and then they would be placed before a court, he added.
Contacted, Rafiqul Islam, officer-in-charge of Bhasan Char Police Station, confirmed that the detainees were residents of cluster-24 of Bhasan Char refugee camp.
Apart from them, a few more fled from the refugee camp. Police were working to trace them, he added.
Earlier, between May 8 and May 23, some 16 Rohingyas fled Bhasan Char.
Of them, 14 were detained by law enforcers and sent back to Bhasan Char.
The government started relocating Rohingyas from Cox's Bazar refugee camps to Bhasan Char in December last year.
A total of 18,347 Rohingyas have so far been relocated in six phases.
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