ARSA commander arrested over murdering Rohingya rights activist

The Bangladesh authorities have arrested a commander of Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), a notorious terrorist group, with the accusation of murdering Rohingya human rights activist Mohib Ullah two years back, said a report of Dhaka Tribune.  

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) senior assistant director (law and media) Md Abu Salam Chowdhury informed that ARSA commander Nur Kamal (alias Samiuddin) was arrested on Sunday from the Kutupalong camp in Ukhiya township of Banglaesh’s Cox's Bazar district.

A number of local and foreign weapons were also seized from his possession. Nur Kamal is understood to be the perpetrator of Mohib Ullah’s assassination.

Mohib was the chairman of Arakan Rohingya Society for Peace and Human Rights (ARSPH), which initiated the documentation of human rights abuses in Myanmar during 2016 and 2017.

He was shot dead by gunmen at ARSPH office in the Rohingya camp in Ukhiya locality on the night of 29 September 2021.

The Bangla law enforcement agency suspected that ARSA rebels were involved in the killing of  Mohib Ullah and lately it has arrested at least seven rebels suspecting their roles in the murder.

The ARSA rebels continue committing crimes including extortion, kidnapping and even murdering common people in the Myanmar-Bangladesh border areas. They have recently killed a 65-year-old Muslim leader after kidnapping from Buthidaung township on western Myanmar border.