Hundreds of Rohingya refugees visit Cox’s Bazar beach a day after Eid

450 arrested during two-hour drive


FE Team | Published: May 04, 2022 21:35:10 | Updated: May 05, 2022 12:28:29


Hundreds of Rohingya refugees visit Cox’s Bazar beach a day after Eid

Hundreds of Rohingya refugees reportedly visited the sea beach in Cox’s Bazar a day after Eid-ul-Fitr.

Police have detained more than 450 Rohingya people, including women and children, in a two-hour drive on the beach on Wednesday afternoon, reports bdnews24.com.

Md Rafiqul Islam, additional superintendent of police in the district, confirmed the development.

The detainees are residents of refugee camps at Ukhiya and Teknaf.

They have been kept at Cox’s Bazar Sadar Police Station and will be sent back to the camps through the Office of the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner after identity verification.

The refugees told police they came to visit the beach.

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