A Rohingya refugee child reacts as people wait to receive aid in Cox’s Bazar, September 23, 2017. — Reuters photo
Police and members of Rapid Action Battalion in a joint drive detained 79 Rohingya people at Ukhia upazila in Cox’s Bazar in the last eight hours between 12:00pm and 8:00pm on Saturday.
The joint force set up a checkpoint at Ukhia bus station on Teknaf-Cox’s Bazar Highway and detained 79 Rohingyas conducting drive in different vehicles.
Later, they were sent back to Kutupalang refugee camp.
Earlier on Friday, some 210 Rohingya refugees were also sent back to refugee camp after detaining from Teknaf link road.
AKM Iqbal Hossain, superintendent of Cox’s Bazar police, said law enforcers in different drives detained more than 5,000 Rohingya people who remained hiding in different areas and sent to Kutupalang refugee camp so far.
After crossing the border, those Rohingyas were hiding out in different areas of the district while some of them took shelter in houses of previously entered Rohingyas.
Some 15 police check-posts have been set up on Cox’s Bazar-Teknaf Highway, Cox’s Bazar-Chittagong Highway and Cox’s Bazar Marine Drive to prevent the spread of Rohingyas across the country, the police superintendent added.
According to international agencies, up to 400,000 Rohingyas have fled recent Myanmar violence and entered Bangladesh since August 25.
Source: New Age
