BANGLADESH NEWS
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Sunday sent back 15 Rohingyas to Myanmar after detaining them in different areas of Teknaf upazila for trespassing on Bangladesh territory through the river Naff.
BGB men held two Rohingyas from Gholarchar of Shahporirdwip at around 6:00am, said Lt Col Zahid Hasan, commanding officer (CO) of BGB-42 battalion.
He suspected that they entered Bangladesh territory with the help of a group of Bangladeshi fishermen, reports our Chittagong correspondent.
The border guards held a Rohingya family consisting seven members, including a couple and their five children, from Jaliapara of Shahporirdwip at around 8:00am.
The seven came by a boat down the river Naff, said Lt Col Zahid.
All the nine Rohingyas were sent back to Myanmar in the morning, he added.
Meanwhile, BGB members detained six more Rohingyas from Nila of Teknaf at around 3:00pm and sent them back after an hour.
All the 15 Rohingyas came from different areas of Maungdaw of the neighbouring country, said Lt Col Zahid.
At the end of this drive, BGB has so far sent back a total of 1241Rohingyas to Myanmar since June 11 following the sectarian violence between Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims erupted in different areas of the neighbouring country.
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