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

May 01/ 2024 | View Counts :1601
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TheBangladeshi police forces on 27 April arrested two Rohingya youths from therefugee camps, who were reportedly receiving arms training from Myanmar juntaand found them in possession of 17 bullets, said a report of Rising BD, anonline news portal of Dhaka.

 

Thearrested Rohingya youths are identified as Kefayet Ullah (19) from Kutupalongrefugee camp block-E-314 in Cox's Bazar district and Anwar Mostafa (18) from Bhasan Char refugee camp in Noakhali district.

 

They fledfrom the military training program of  Myanmar junta forces. Many youngpeople from those refugee camps have been recruited for arms training.

 

The highwaypolice officer-in-charge Qayyum Uddin Chowdhury confirmed that they werearrested along with a total of 17 bullets from  Nayapara area along Cox's Bazar–Teknaf highway at around 11 am on Saturday.

 

On 19April, both the Rohingya youths were brought to Buthidaung military camp inMaungdaw district by some brokers. They were trained in the rifle shooting toprepare to face Burmese armed ethnic groups. But experiencing extreme heat andfood shortages in the camp, they opted to flee after a week.

 

A lawsuit has been filed under the relevant laws and both of them werehanded over to the Teknaf police station.

 

During theinterrogation, they stated that the bullets were brought from Myanmar toKutupalong refugee camp.

 

On 29April, a news report from BBC Burmese stated that thousands of Rohingyarefugees from the camps in Bangladesh were undergoing short-term militarytraining programs and they had been armed by the military junta in Maungdaw Township. 

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