BGB held Cox's Bazar-bound 17 Rohingyas in B’baria

Published: June 08, 2018 16:35:54 | Updated: June 09, 2018 14:59:12

Members of Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) held 17 Rohingyas from Nayanpur Bazar in Kasba upazila on Thursday.

Those held include five men, seven women and five children.

Maniruzzaman, officer-in-charge of Kasba Police Station, said the BGB men held the Rohingyas while they were heading towards Cox's Bazar by CNG-run auto-rickshaws for meeting their relatives.

Later, they were handed over to police.

The Rohingyas will be sent back to Rohingya camps, the police said, reports UNB.