Three Rohingya youths held with BD passport

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CHATTOGRAM, Sept 6, 2019 (BSS) – Chattogram Metropolitan police arrested
three Rohingya youths in possession of Bangladeshi passports from Kattali
area of the port city.

The arrestees were identified as Mohammad Yusuf, 25, his younger brother
Mohamamd Musa, 21 and Mohammad Aziz alias Aiyaz, 24, residents of Thaingkhali
Rohingya camp in Ukhia in Cox’s Bazar district, Mostafizur Rahman, officer-
in-charge (OC) of Akbar Shah thana, told BSS.

Acting on a tip off, a police team of Akbar Shah thana carried out a raid
in Kattali area around 11pm yesterday and challenged the youths for their
suspicious movement and asked about their identities.

During primary interrogation, the detainees confessed that they managed
the Bangladeshi passports showing themselves residents of Shenbagh area of
Noakhali with the help of a Rohingya and a Bangladesh broker.

They were attempting to go to Turkish Embassy in Dhaka for visa purpose,
the OC said.

A case filed with Akbarshah thana in this connection.