Police have arrested two more men over their suspected involvement in the murder of Rohingya leader Mohammad Mohib Ullah in Cox's Bazar's Ukhiya, bdnws24.com reports.
The men, both members of the Rohingya refugee community, were nabbed during raids on camps hosting the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals in southern Bangladesh on Friday, according to the Armed Police Batallion (APBn).
The suspects have been identified as Abdus Salam, 30, from Lombashia camp, and Ziaur Rahman, 32, from Kutupalong camp.
A group of unidentified gunmen killed the 48-year-old Mohib Ullah at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar's Ukhiya on Sept 30.
The chairman of the Arakan Rohinyga Society for Peace and Human Rights, a moderate Rohingya community group, was killed at a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar by unknown gunmen on Sept 29.
Mohib Ullah, who came to be known as a ‘voice for the Rohingya’ in the Western media, represented the group ousted from Myanmar at a UN Human Rights Council in Geneva in 2019. He also had a meeting with then US President Donald Trump,
His family believes another Rohingya group – the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, or ARSA – is responsible for his death. Bangladeshi law enforcers also suspect a Rohingya faction orchestrated the killing.
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday vowed to bring the killers to justice amid mounting international concern over the civil society leader’s death.
The APBn has arrested three Rohingya men in connection with the murder so far.
