Armed Rohingya Group’s Leader Is Arrested in Bangladesh

The New York Times
By Hannah Beech
March 19, 2025 

 

Attacks by the group, the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, were used as a pretext by the Myanmar military to launch a campaign of ethnic cleansing that set off a massive refugee crisis.

More than a million Rohingya are confined to a series of tent settlements in Bangladesh, like this one in Cox’s Bazar, seen on Saturday.Credit...Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters

The leader of an armed group representing a persecuted Muslim minority from Myanmar was arrested in a raid in neighboring Bangladesh this week and charged under an antiterrorism law.

Ataullah, an ethnic Rohingya and the commander of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, or ARSA, was arrested on Monday, the Bangladeshi police said in a statement. He was captured in Narayanganj District, on the outskirts of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, according to a local police officer. Nine other suspected members of ARSA were also nabbed in raids.

ARSA leader among 10 arrested, 6 placed on remand

daily observer
Shakib Ahmed
Published : Tuesday, 18 March, 2025 

Rapid Action Battalion has arrested 10 members of Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), including its leader, during separate operations in Narayanganj and Mymensingh while the group was holding secret meetings to plan subversive activities.

Six of the arrested individuals have been granted a 10-day remand for questioning in two separate cases.

 

Cops arrest 196 Rohingya at Langkawi beach

Bernama
Published: Jan 3, 2025

Credit: PDRM

ALOR SETAR, Jan 3 (Bernama) -- Police have confirmed having arrested 196 ethnic Rohingya who landed at Teluk Yu Beach in Langkawi early today.

Langkawi police chief ACP Shariman Ashari said the authorities received information from a member of the public at around 3.25 am, saying that a group of foreigners had landed at the beach.

Alleged leader of Rohingya smuggling gang arrested

Bangkok Post
WRITER: Wassayos Ngamkham
PUBLISHED : 2 Nov 2024

Thai man and two accomplices tracked down after deaths of three migrants in Chumphon

An officer questions suspect Somkiart Samphaothong following his arrest in Chanthaburi on Friday. He reportedly told investigators that he was paid 3,000 baht per head to smuggle Rohingya migrants to southern Thailand. (Photo supplied/Wassayos Ngamkham) 

 

A Thai man accused of leading a human trafficking gang has been arrested along with two accomplices in connection with the smuggling of 26 Rohingya migrants, three of whom died of suffocation in an overcrowded truck, police said on Saturday.

Thai Suspects Arrested Over Rohingya Refugee Deaths

BARRON'S
By AFP - Agence France Presse
November 2, 2024 

 Thai police arrested a trio suspected people smugglers over the deaths of three Rohingya refugees who suffocated in the back of trucks in Thailand, officers said Saturday.

Three Rohingya refugees died and six were injured after traffickers allegedly packed 26 people who had made their way across the Thai-Myanmar border into two vehicles.

Arsa gun commander Zakaria arrested from Rohingya camp in Ukhiya

THE BUSINESS STANDARD
14 June, 2024, 

RAB arrests Arsa leader Md Zakaria. Photo: TBS

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested the gun commander of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (Arsa), Md Zakaria, from Ukhiya Rohingya Camp.

They also recovered a G3 rifle and five rounds of fresh bullets from the spot, said Colonel HM Sajjad Hossain, captain of RAB 15, during a press conference around 11:30am today (14 June).

5 including Arsa leader arrested in Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camp

Dhaka Tribune
Abdul Aziz
Publish : 10 Jun 2024,

• Weapons, ammunition, and explosives were seized from them
• Operation at Rohingya Camp-4 on Sunday night

RAB arrests five people including the top leader of the separatist group Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (Arsa) at a Rohingya camp in Ukhiya of Cox's Bazar on Sunday, June 9, 2024. Photo: Dhaka Tribune

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested five people including the top leader of the separatist group Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (Arsa) at a Rohingya camp in Ukhiya of Cox's Bazar.

Two Rohingya youths who escaped Myanmar military training arrested by Bangladeshi police

Narinjara
Date: 01 May 2024 

The Bangladeshi police forces on 27 April arrested two Rohingya youths from the refugee camps, who were reportedly receiving arms training from Myanmar junta and found them in possession of 17 bullets, said a report of Rising BD, an online news portal of Dhaka.

Arsa chief Ataullah Jununi's bodyguard among 3 arrested

Dhaka Tribune
Abdul Aziz
Publish : 14 Feb 2024, 

• Two foreign weapons seized
• Four rounds of cartridges also seized

Three arrestees along with RAB members are seen pose for a photo in Ukhiya, Cox's Bazar. Photo: Dhaka Tribune

 

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested three miscreants, including Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (Arsa) chief Ataullah Jununi's bodyguard, from the Rohingya camp in Ukhiya, Cox's Bazar.

5 Rohingyas arrested with weapons during raid in Ukhiya's camp

THE BUSINESS STANDARD
TBS Report
11 March, 2024, 

Police have arrested five Rohingyas withholding weapons during a raid at the camps in Cox's Bazar’s Ukhiya. Photo: Collected

Two one-shooter guns, two rounds of bullets, and one short gun cartridge were also recovered from their possession on Sunday (10 March)

The arrestees are – Mohammad Salam, Ziaur Rahman, Hashim Ullah alias Master Hashim, Rahim Ullah, and Ataullah.

Arsa chief Ataullah Jununi's bodyguard among 3 arrested

Dhaka Tribune
Abdul Aziz
Publish : 14 Feb 2024,

Three arrestees along with RAB members are seen pose for a photo in Ukhiya, Cox's Bazar. Photo: Dhaka Tribune

 

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested three miscreants, including Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (Arsa) chief Ataullah Jununi's bodyguard, from the Rohingya camp in Ukhiya, Cox's Bazar.

RAB arrests 3 armed ARSA members at Cox's Bazar Rohingya camp

bdnews24.com
Cox’s Bazar Correspondent
Published : 14 Feb 2024,

RAB raided the camp after being tipped off that ARSA members were planning a major act of sabotage

The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested three armed members of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army from a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya.

Bangladesh arrests 23 armed Rohingya trespassers from Myanmar

bdnews24.com
Senior Correspondent
Cox’s Bazar Correspondent
Published : 9 Feb 2024, 

Police have arrested 23 armed Rohingya men who were caught by Border Guard Bangladesh after trespassing from Myanmar amid fighting between the military and rebels.

3 Rohingya men arrested, arms recovered in Cox's Bazar

Bangladesh Sangstha ( BSS )
25 Jan 2024, 

COX'S BAZAR, Jan 25, 2024 (BSS) - Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a raid today arrested three Rohingya men and recovered huge quantity of arms from hilly areas near Rohingya camp in Ukhiya, Cox's Bazar.

Over 110 Rohingya arrested in southern Myanmar

THE HINDU
January 25, 2024 

Fifty-nine men and 58 women were arrested from two trucks in Thanbyuzayat township in eastern Mon state.

More than 110 Rohingya from war-torn western Myanmar were arrested as they tried to flee the country to Malaysia, a local security source said on Wednesday.

The mainly Muslim Rohingya are seen in Myanmar as interlopers from Bangladesh. They are denied citizenship and require permission to travel.

ARSA Gun Group commander among three arrested in Cox's Bazar

Daily Sun
Daily Sun Report, Dhaka
Publish: Thursday, 25 January,

Photo: RAB

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested three members, including the Gun Group Commander, of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) from Ukhiya in Cox’s Bazar early on Thursday.

Shootout in Ukhiya Rohingya camp, 6 arrested

THE BUSINESS STANDARD
TBS Report
02 November, 2023, 

Photo: TBS

A shootout took place in a Rohingya camp in Ukhiya, Cox's Bazar yesterday.

"A shootout took place between a group of Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (Arsa) members and their anti-group in the camp on Wednesday (1 November) afternoon. After sensing of police presence, they started firing at us. We also fired back," Armed Police Battalion-14 (APbn) Captain Mohammad Iqbal said.

Arrested Arsa leader reveals information about 6 torture cells in Rohingya camps

Dhaka Tribune
Abdul Aziz
Publish : 27 Oct 2023

RAB arrests two including top Arsa commander from Ukhiya on Thursday, October 26, 2023. Photo: Dhaka Tribune

Myanmar's terrorist organization Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (Arsa) has six torture cells in the Rohingya camps.

Sitting in Myanmar, these torture cells are controlled by the top leader of the organization, Ataullah Abu Ammar Jununi.

Myanmar arrests nearly 150 fleeing Rohingya

THE STRAITSTIMES
16 Aug 2023

The mainly Muslim Rohingya are seen in Myanmar as interlopers from Bangladesh. They are denied citizenship and require permission to travel. PHOTO: REUTERS

 

YANGON – The Myanmar authorities have arrested nearly 150 Rohingya suspected of trying to flee the country, an official told AFP on Tuesday.

The mainly Muslim Rohingya are seen in Myanmar as interlopers from Bangladesh. They are denied citizenship and require permission to travel.

Bangladesh Police Arrest Rohingya Militant Leader

The Irrawaddy
by Muktadir Rashid
July 25, 2023

Hazeef Noor Mohammad (third from right) with other arrestees. / RAB

A commander of the militant Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), who was allegedly responsible for the killing of Squadron Leader Rizwan Rushdi of Bangladeshi military intelligence in November 2022, has been captured in Cox’s Bazar.