Rohingya woman caught trying to get Bangladeshi passport

Dhaka Tribune
Tanjil Hasan, Munshiganj
Published at  July 1st, 2019

Bibija, a rohingya woman, was taken into custody on Sunday, June 30, 2019 Dhaka Tribune

The passport broker managed to evade arrest

A Rohingya woman was caught by the police while attempting to obtain Bangladeshi passport with counterfeit documents.

She was apprehended at the local passport office in Munshiganj around 4pm on Sunday.

The woman, Bibija, 18, was lured by one Kamrul to the passport office. However, he fled from the office, abandoning Bibija.

Rohingya woman detained in Narsingdi

Dhaka Tribune
June 23rd, 2019

Asaduzzaman Ripon, Narsingdi 

 Police escort Yasmin Akhter and Iman Ali at the Narsingdi regional passport office on Sunday, June 23, 2019 Dhaka Tribune

The woman was applying for a passport with the help of a middleman

Police detained a Rohingya woman and a middleman for applying for a passport with fake documents at the Narsingdi regional passport office on Sunday afternoon.

Yasmin Akhter, 20, with the help of Iman Ali, 40, applied for a passport with fake documents, said Assistant director of Narsingdi regional passport office, Shahjahan Kabir.

Rumana Akter, 20, is First Rohingya Woman Shot Dead by Bangladeshi Forces in Crackdown on Drug Peddlers

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Sunday, 31st March, 2019

 

Image of Rohingya refugees used for representational purpose | (Photo: UNHCR/Andrew McConnell)

 

 

Dhaka, March 31: Nearly a week after gunning down two Rohingya drug peddlers in the refugee-domination region of Teknaf, the Bangladeshi forces have shot dead another alleged narcotic peddler, identified as Rumana Akter. The 20-year-old is the first Rohingya woman to be killed amid the crackdown against drugs launched by Bangladesh since October last year.

Rohingya woman among 3 'drug traders' killed in Teknaf 'gunfights'

Dhaka Tribune
Sunday, Mar 31, 2019
Abdul Aziz, Cox's Bazar 

Law enforcers recovered guns, 20,000 yaba pills, 18 cartridges, and three sharp weapons from the spots

Three suspected drug traders, including a Rohingya woman, have been killed in separate reported gunfights with police and Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) in Teknaf of Cox's Bazar.