Case filed over killing of Rohingya leaders, 3 held
A case has been filed over the killing of two Rohingya leaders - Abu Taleb of C block and Syed Hossain of C/9 sub-block - in the Ukhiya Rohingya camp of Cox's Bazar.
Tayba Khatun, the wife of deceased Abu Taleb, filed the case with Ukhiya police station on Thursday morning accusing 5 people and 7-8 unidentified persons, said Armed Police Battalion (APBn-8) Additional Superintendent of Police (Media) Kamran Hossain.
Meanwhile, APBn arrested three accused mentioned in the case.
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The arrestees are Shah Miah, 32, Md Shwaib, 19 and Zafar Alam, 54, all hailed from camp-15.
"On Tuesday at around 11:45pm, Abu Taleb and Syed Hossain were shot by miscreants on the hill slopes of C-9 block of camp-15. Police handed over the dead bodies to the families after conducting the autopsy. Later, they were buried in the D-block cemetery of the camp."
The APBN official further noted that legal action is underway to arrest the rest of the accused in the case.
