18 Rohingyas fleeing from Bhasan Char arrested in Ctg

Police arrested 18 Rohingyas, including eight women and six children, from Mirsarai Economic Zone in Chattogram on Friday after they fled from Noakhali’s Bhasan Char refugee camp, reports UNB.

Md Habib, an in-charge of Mirsarai industrial area police camp, said they arrested the Rohingyas from the economic zone’s Super Dike area on Friday afternoon when they were heading towards Ukhiya’s Kutupalong refugee camp from the Bhasan Char.  

He said the Rohingyas fled from Bhasan Char in collaboration with brokers and came to Mirsarai by boat.

The arrestees were handed over to Jorarganj police station, he added.