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Four Rohingya women held at HSIA
DHAKA, May 19, 2019 (BSS) – Members of National Security Intelligence (NSI) and Immigration Police today detained four Rohingya women at Hazrat Shahjajal International Airport (HSIA) as they were going to Saudi Arabia using Bangladeshi passports.
The detainees were Arifa Begum, Manika Hossain, Sanwara Begum and identity of other one could not be known immediately.
Mohammad Abbas Uddin and Mohammed Omar were also detained in suspicion of members of human traffickers’ group.
Airport Armed Police Battalion (APBn) Assistant Superintendant of Police (media) Tarique Ahmed Sadique confirmed the incident.
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