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Asian security services indicated that militants from the Jemaah Islamiah – which is connected to the Al Qaeda and seeks to set up a gigantic Islamic state encompassing Malaysia, Singapore,Indonesia and southern Philippines – were also hiding out in these camps, which were set up in the early 1990s to train rebels from the Muslim Rohingya minority in Myanmar's Rakhine State. The Jemaah Islamiah militants in hiding in southeastern Bangladesh are believed to be mostly citizens of Malaysia and Singapore.
Bangladesh - A Lengthening Shadow of Terror
Both local residents and foreigners are recruited into the HuJI-B. Besides, refugees from Myanmar are a significant source of cadres for the outfit. They include stateless Rohingyas,whose families have fled Myanmar over the years allegedly due to religious persecution.Cadres of the HuJIB are primarily recruited from various Madrassas (seminaries).The Madrassas essentially impart religious training and most of them are financed by Arab charities. Reports also indicate that many HuJI-B recruits have seen ‘action’ in the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir, Chechnya and Afghanistan.
Harkat-ul-Jihad-al Islami Bangladesh (HuJI-B) Terrorist Group, Bangladesh
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Bangladesh 1/24/2001 Terrorist arrested in Mymensingh
On January 23, a terrorist and his brother were arrested in Mymensingh after they entered the Central jail threatening to blow it up. In another incident, on the same day, Cox Bazar police claimed to have arrested the ‘Chief of Staff’ of the Rohingya National Army(RNA),the military wing of the Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO).
Bangladesh 2/1/2001 Bangladesh accuses Myanmarese refugees of smuggling arms
According to police sources, Myanmar’s Rohingya refugees are involved in the smuggling of arms and narcotics into their country and India. Three Rohingya militant leaders, including it’s ‘army chief’, Salimullah who were arrested in the country last week, established the group’s links with armed militant groups in several countries in the region. According to the sources, bulk of the illegal trade in arms and narcotics passes through Teknaf, a township on the Bangladesh-Burma border,where most of an estimated 50,000 illegal Rohingya immigrants reside.
Pakistan 12/7/2001 US gives list of six more nuclear scientists to be probed for links with Al Qaeda
According to media reports of December 6, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of USA has given a list of six more nuclear scientists to the Pakistani government whom it wants to probe on suspicion of having links with Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network or another group,the Ummah Reconstruction led by Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmud, who is already under detention.The issue was reportedly discussed between President Pervez Musharaff and the CIA's Director John Tenet during the latter's recent visit to Pakistan. Media sources added that two of the six scientists, Suleiman Asad and Muhammad Ali Mukhtar are directly related to the country's nuclear programme, and have been working in the Kahuta Research Laboratories (KRL) for last few years. Reports have indicated that currently, the two scientists are in Myanmar.
India 12/25/2001 Huge consignment of Chinese AK-47s reached North East,indicate reports
Media reports on December 25 said Indian authorities have expressed serious concern following the seizure in Myanmar of a huge consignment of 1,200 AK-47 rifles of Chinese make and meant for being smuggled into India for use by the North East terrorists. Authorities believe that two similar consignments have already been smuggled into India.
Unnamed Indian officials said there was an understanding reached with China in 1998 according to which China agreed not to provide assistance to North East terrorists. They said,following the Myanmar-seizures, the Chinese have reportedly restarted supplying weapons to these terrorists. Officials also added that the government was also closely analyzing the links between left-wing extremists, Naxalites, and China as well as connections with other organizations.
Bangladesh 9/26/2002 Seven Arabs arrested for suspected international terror links
A Media report of September 26 said the Detective Branch (DB) of Bangladesh Police is interrogating seven Arab nationals and was probing if they have international terrorist links.They were arrested in Uttara model town on September 23 and are in police custody the report said. The arrested persons are Abu Nujaid of Libya, Sadek Al Nasami; Abu Sallam,Abu Umaiya and Abul Abbas of Yemen; Abu Ashem of Algeria; and Hasan Adam of Sudan.A Bangladeshi national, Anisur Rahman, was also arrested from the Al Hermann Islamic Institute, along with the seven Arabs. The DB is reportedly silent on the arrests and the ongoing interrogation. Police is also probing if they were engaged in trafficking in women and children.
Also, police recovered Tk 1 lakh, and seized 10 computers, video- and audio tapes and booksfrom the arrested persons.
The Al Hermann Islamic Institute started functioning in Cox's Bazar in 1992 following the influx of the Rohingya refugees from Myanmar into the country. Later, it opened offices in Dhaka in 1995. At present, it is running three orphanages at Nilphamari,Tongi and Gazipur.
Bangladesh 11/30/2002 Chittagong criminal gangs procured 100 AK-47s from Arakan insurgents, reports
Around 100 AK-47 rifles were bought by different criminal gangs in Chittagong and neighbouring areas from insurgents in the Arakan state of Myanmar, media reports said, quoting Bangladesh intelligence agencies, on November 29. Reports claimed some of these weapons were supplied to Dhaka-based gangs and those elsewhere in the country.
Bangladesh 12/18/2002 Consensus evades Rohingya refugee-talks with Myanmar
Bangladesh and Myanmar failed to make any progress in resolving the long-standing issue of repatriating Rohingya refugees to Myanmar.A discussion on the issue was held during Myammar premier General Than Shwe’s today visit to Bangladesh on December 17. Some 22,000 refugees are staying in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar district. However, speaking to media after the meeting, Bangladesh foreign secretary Mobin Chowdhury said the refugees would be sent back through established procedures.
India 1/14/2003 Al Qaeda terrorist operating in Jammu & Kashmir arrested in Kolkata
Police in Kolkata arrested an Al Qaeda terrorist with links to the Taliban militia, who was operating in Jammu and Kashmir for the last six months. He is reported to have made significant disclosures during interrogation about the outfit’s network in the Kashmir Valley.
The Myanmarese-born Fazle Karim alias Abu Fuzi was arrested from Howrah railway station on the basis of specific inputs provided by intelligence agencies of the Union government.
According to the preliminary interrogation report of Fuzi, the Al Qaeda’s network in Kashmir,Bangladesh and Afghanistan has also come to light. Fuzi claimed to have met Osama bin Laden twice and also interacted frequently with Laden’s close associates before the United States launched attacks on Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
Fuzi was trained at camps in Afghanistan in 1995-96 and had left that country before the US raids and reportedly took shelter in Bangladesh’s Chittagong district from where he crossed over to Kolkata and later reached the Kashmir valley. Fuzi reportedly told interrogators that he came into contact with two higher-ranking officers of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan’s external intelligence agency,in Chittagong, who had assigned him the task of creating an Al Qaeda network in the Kashmir valley.
Bangladesh 8/28/2003 BDR destroys terrorist camp in Bandarban
Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) reportedly destroyed a terrorist hideout in the forests of Naikhongchhari in Bandarban on August 27 and seized a shotgun, one.303 rifle, 74 bullets and unspecified sets of Army uniforms during the second round of an anti-crime operation in the area. The terrorists reportedly escaped following an encounter near their Lemuchhari hideout. Earlier, in a similar raid on August 26, a terrorist camp in the Bandarban forest area was destroyed and a large cache of arms and ammunition were recovered.
Meanwhile, unconfirmed reports indicated that a group of 80 suspected terrorists,including 14 foreign nationals, were operating in the Boangchhari, Ruma and Sadar sub-districts. The foreign nationals of the group reportedly belong to Arakan Army,an insurgent group of Myanmar.
Pakistan 8/17/2004 Two Al Qaeda operatives arrested in Lahore
Security agencies in Lahore have reportedly arrested two more Al Qaeda suspects for their alleged involvement in a suicide attack on Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz. "Muhammad Shafiq and Abu Hamza have been arrested from a hideout in North Cantonment in Lahore," unnamed sources told Daily Times. Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) activist Muhammad Adnan, who was arrested from Jauharabad near Khushab last week, is reported to have pointed out their hideout. Shafiq is suspected to be Taliban chief Mulla Mohammed Omar’s close aide while Hamza is an Al Qaeda operative from Myanmar.
Meanwhile, three Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) members, identified as Qari Obaidullah Gurmani, Qari Noor Muhammad and Qari Imam Din, were arrested from the Mubarak mosque in Faisalabad on August 16 for alleged links with the Al Qaeda. According to Daily Times,Gurmani is the MMA president from Faisalabad, while Noor and Imam Din are prayer leaders at the mosque.
Bangladesh 11/19/2004 100 Rohingya refugees injured in Cox Bazaar
According to the Daily Star, on November 18, over hundred Rohingya refugees and some police personnel were injured in a clash at Kutupalong camp in Ukhiya sub-district in Cox Bazar district. According to the report, the clash erupted as police personnel attempted to rescue a police officer detained by the refugees.
Bangladesh 11/20/2004 Three Rohingya refugees killed in Cox’s bazaar
On November 19, three dead bodies of the Rohingya refugees were recovered from a forest area near the Kutupalong camp in Ukhiya sub-district of Cox's Bazar district. Separately,police personnel arrested 11 refugees in connection with the November 18 clash with police personnel.
Bangladesh 6/4/2005 Five bombs recovered in Kushtia
Police in the Kushtia district are reported to have recovered five powerful bombs and 20 bullets from Piyarpur in the Sadar sub-district on June 2.
Meanwhile, New Age has reported that a group of non-government organisations
(NGOs) campaigning against the use of illegal firearms in Bangladesh said that Rohingya camps in the Cox’s Bazaar area had become a source of illegal arms for local criminals. The NGOs observed that four armed Rohingya groups operating in the area smuggled sophisticated firearms to the country and sold many of them to local criminals.
Bangladesh 7/25/2005 26 Myanmar rebels arrested in a series of raids in July
Reuters has reported that the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) personnel fought a series of gun battleswith Myanmar rebel groups and destroyed several camps in July. A senior BDR official said on July 24, "Twenty-six fugitive rebels from Myanmar, along with huge weapons and ammunition including 31 AK-47 rifles, were arrested during the raids." No Bangladeshi troops were injured in the encounters and casualty among the rebels too could not be ascertained. On July 23, a rebel camp was destroyed following an hour-long encounter at a forest near Naikkongchhari leading to the arrest of a rebel and the recovery of four anti-personnel mines and 16,000 rounds of ammunition.
Bangladesh 10/15/2005 PBCP 'regional leader' killed in Sirajganj district
Daily Star reports that on October 14, police personnel shot dead a 'regional leader' of the Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP), Abdul Halim, in a 'crossfire' at Poylarchar in Chowhali area of Sirajganj district. Five police personnel were also injured during the clash.
Meanwhile, Police arrested 20 Rohingyas, suspected to be linked to the Arakan Army, from Jubilee road area in Chittagong city when they were holding a meeting on October 13.
Bangladesh 10/24/2005 Home Ministry orders arrest of Rohingyas involved in crime in Bandarban district
The Bangladesh home ministry has recently issued an order to prepare a list of Rohingyas illegally living in the inaccessible hilly areas of the Bandarban district and to arrest those involved in criminal activities, according to Daily Star. The order said that a section of Rohingyas living in Bangladesh are involved in drugs and arms dealings as well as other criminal activities. The order sent to the offices of district commissioner, police super, and detective agencies, asked for the arrest of suspected Rohingyas to curb human and arms trafficking and other forms of crime.
Bangladesh 1/19/2006 Illegal arms and explosives recovered in Bandarban district
According to Daily Star, Army and border guards personnel on January 18 arrested three unidentified Myanmarese militants belonging to the Rohingya Solidarity Organisation (RSO) from Bhaginar Chhara area in Naikkhongchhari sub-district of Bandarban district and recovered a huge cache of arms, ammunition and explosives. The cache included 7 kilograms of TNT, a M1A1 machinegun,an AK-47 rifle, one .303, four M16 rifles, a long-range rocket shell, 3,500 bullets and a 500-yard coil of wire used in explosive devices.
Bangladesh 5/19/2009 Four suspected JMB militants sent to prison in Kushtia
On May 18, four suspected cadres of the Jama''atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), arrested earlier on May 17 night, were sent to jail by a court in Kushtia, reports Daily Star.
Meanwhile, JMB’s explosives expert ''Boma'' Mizan told his interrogators that the outfit had close links with Rohingya Solidarity Organisation (RSO),an insurgent group in the Arakan state of Myanmar. Rapid Action Battalion(RAB) interrogators told Daily Star that Mizan and some other JMB operatives received training from RSO arms experts in a camp near Myanmar border in 2002. In exchange for the firearms lessons, JMB trained Rohingyas to manufacture improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Mizan also told that the Harkat-ul Jihad-al Islami Bangladesh (HuJI-B) too had strong linkages with the RSO.
India 12/19/2011 31 Myanmerese Citizens arrested in Tripura
Zee News reports that Police on December 16 arrested 31 Myanmarese Nationals from Bokafa in South Tripura District. Among the arrested were nine children and seven women.Sub-Divisional Police Officier Amitava Paul told reporters, "All the 31 Myanmarese nationals were arrested by the police at Bokafa, 90 km from Agartala,late Friday night, They told the interrogators that they are planning to leave for elsewhere in India via Guwahati in search of jobs.” "All the foreign nationals are Rohingya Muslims who entered Tripura illegally through Sabroom border from Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) of southeast Bangladesh”.
India 3/9/2012 12 Myanmarese citizen arrested in Tripura
The Assam Tribune reports that Police arrested 12 Myanmarese Citizen at Mungiakami in West Tripura District on March7. The arrested foreign national are Rohingya Muslims and were on their way to Silchar in Assam.
Source; South Asia Terrorism Portal
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Asian security services indicated that militants from the Jemaah Islamiah – which is connected to the Al Qaeda and seeks to set up a gigantic Islamic state encompassing Malaysia, Singapore,Indonesia and southern Philippines – were also hiding out in these camps, which were set up in the early 1990s to train rebels from the Muslim Rohingya minority in Myanmar's Rakhine State. The Jemaah Islamiah militants in hiding in southeastern Bangladesh are believed to be mostly citizens of Malaysia and Singapore.
Bangladesh - A Lengthening Shadow of Terror
Both local residents and foreigners are recruited into the HuJI-B. Besides, refugees from Myanmar are a significant source of cadres for the outfit. They include stateless Rohingyas,whose families have fled Myanmar over the years allegedly due to religious persecution.Cadres of the HuJIB are primarily recruited from various Madrassas (seminaries).The Madrassas essentially impart religious training and most of them are financed by Arab charities. Reports also indicate that many HuJI-B recruits have seen ‘action’ in the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir, Chechnya and Afghanistan.
Harkat-ul-Jihad-al Islami Bangladesh (HuJI-B) Terrorist Group, Bangladesh
SATP News;
Bangladesh 1/24/2001 Terrorist arrested in Mymensingh
On January 23, a terrorist and his brother were arrested in Mymensingh after they entered the Central jail threatening to blow it up. In another incident, on the same day, Cox Bazar police claimed to have arrested the ‘Chief of Staff’ of the Rohingya National Army(RNA),the military wing of the Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO).
Bangladesh 2/1/2001 Bangladesh accuses Myanmarese refugees of smuggling arms
According to police sources, Myanmar’s Rohingya refugees are involved in the smuggling of arms and narcotics into their country and India. Three Rohingya militant leaders, including it’s ‘army chief’, Salimullah who were arrested in the country last week, established the group’s links with armed militant groups in several countries in the region. According to the sources, bulk of the illegal trade in arms and narcotics passes through Teknaf, a township on the Bangladesh-Burma border,where most of an estimated 50,000 illegal Rohingya immigrants reside.
Pakistan 12/7/2001 US gives list of six more nuclear scientists to be probed for links with Al Qaeda
According to media reports of December 6, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of USA has given a list of six more nuclear scientists to the Pakistani government whom it wants to probe on suspicion of having links with Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network or another group,the Ummah Reconstruction led by Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmud, who is already under detention.The issue was reportedly discussed between President Pervez Musharaff and the CIA's Director John Tenet during the latter's recent visit to Pakistan. Media sources added that two of the six scientists, Suleiman Asad and Muhammad Ali Mukhtar are directly related to the country's nuclear programme, and have been working in the Kahuta Research Laboratories (KRL) for last few years. Reports have indicated that currently, the two scientists are in Myanmar.
India 12/25/2001 Huge consignment of Chinese AK-47s reached North East,indicate reports
Media reports on December 25 said Indian authorities have expressed serious concern following the seizure in Myanmar of a huge consignment of 1,200 AK-47 rifles of Chinese make and meant for being smuggled into India for use by the North East terrorists. Authorities believe that two similar consignments have already been smuggled into India.
Unnamed Indian officials said there was an understanding reached with China in 1998 according to which China agreed not to provide assistance to North East terrorists. They said,following the Myanmar-seizures, the Chinese have reportedly restarted supplying weapons to these terrorists. Officials also added that the government was also closely analyzing the links between left-wing extremists, Naxalites, and China as well as connections with other organizations.
Bangladesh 9/26/2002 Seven Arabs arrested for suspected international terror links
A Media report of September 26 said the Detective Branch (DB) of Bangladesh Police is interrogating seven Arab nationals and was probing if they have international terrorist links.They were arrested in Uttara model town on September 23 and are in police custody the report said. The arrested persons are Abu Nujaid of Libya, Sadek Al Nasami; Abu Sallam,Abu Umaiya and Abul Abbas of Yemen; Abu Ashem of Algeria; and Hasan Adam of Sudan.A Bangladeshi national, Anisur Rahman, was also arrested from the Al Hermann Islamic Institute, along with the seven Arabs. The DB is reportedly silent on the arrests and the ongoing interrogation. Police is also probing if they were engaged in trafficking in women and children.
Also, police recovered Tk 1 lakh, and seized 10 computers, video- and audio tapes and booksfrom the arrested persons.
The Al Hermann Islamic Institute started functioning in Cox's Bazar in 1992 following the influx of the Rohingya refugees from Myanmar into the country. Later, it opened offices in Dhaka in 1995. At present, it is running three orphanages at Nilphamari,Tongi and Gazipur.
Bangladesh 11/30/2002 Chittagong criminal gangs procured 100 AK-47s from Arakan insurgents, reports
Around 100 AK-47 rifles were bought by different criminal gangs in Chittagong and neighbouring areas from insurgents in the Arakan state of Myanmar, media reports said, quoting Bangladesh intelligence agencies, on November 29. Reports claimed some of these weapons were supplied to Dhaka-based gangs and those elsewhere in the country.
Bangladesh 12/18/2002 Consensus evades Rohingya refugee-talks with Myanmar
Bangladesh and Myanmar failed to make any progress in resolving the long-standing issue of repatriating Rohingya refugees to Myanmar.A discussion on the issue was held during Myammar premier General Than Shwe’s today visit to Bangladesh on December 17. Some 22,000 refugees are staying in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar district. However, speaking to media after the meeting, Bangladesh foreign secretary Mobin Chowdhury said the refugees would be sent back through established procedures.
India 1/14/2003 Al Qaeda terrorist operating in Jammu & Kashmir arrested in Kolkata
Police in Kolkata arrested an Al Qaeda terrorist with links to the Taliban militia, who was operating in Jammu and Kashmir for the last six months. He is reported to have made significant disclosures during interrogation about the outfit’s network in the Kashmir Valley.
The Myanmarese-born Fazle Karim alias Abu Fuzi was arrested from Howrah railway station on the basis of specific inputs provided by intelligence agencies of the Union government.
According to the preliminary interrogation report of Fuzi, the Al Qaeda’s network in Kashmir,Bangladesh and Afghanistan has also come to light. Fuzi claimed to have met Osama bin Laden twice and also interacted frequently with Laden’s close associates before the United States launched attacks on Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
Fuzi was trained at camps in Afghanistan in 1995-96 and had left that country before the US raids and reportedly took shelter in Bangladesh’s Chittagong district from where he crossed over to Kolkata and later reached the Kashmir valley. Fuzi reportedly told interrogators that he came into contact with two higher-ranking officers of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan’s external intelligence agency,in Chittagong, who had assigned him the task of creating an Al Qaeda network in the Kashmir valley.
Bangladesh 8/28/2003 BDR destroys terrorist camp in Bandarban
Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) reportedly destroyed a terrorist hideout in the forests of Naikhongchhari in Bandarban on August 27 and seized a shotgun, one.303 rifle, 74 bullets and unspecified sets of Army uniforms during the second round of an anti-crime operation in the area. The terrorists reportedly escaped following an encounter near their Lemuchhari hideout. Earlier, in a similar raid on August 26, a terrorist camp in the Bandarban forest area was destroyed and a large cache of arms and ammunition were recovered.
Meanwhile, unconfirmed reports indicated that a group of 80 suspected terrorists,including 14 foreign nationals, were operating in the Boangchhari, Ruma and Sadar sub-districts. The foreign nationals of the group reportedly belong to Arakan Army,an insurgent group of Myanmar.
Pakistan 8/17/2004 Two Al Qaeda operatives arrested in Lahore
Security agencies in Lahore have reportedly arrested two more Al Qaeda suspects for their alleged involvement in a suicide attack on Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz. "Muhammad Shafiq and Abu Hamza have been arrested from a hideout in North Cantonment in Lahore," unnamed sources told Daily Times. Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) activist Muhammad Adnan, who was arrested from Jauharabad near Khushab last week, is reported to have pointed out their hideout. Shafiq is suspected to be Taliban chief Mulla Mohammed Omar’s close aide while Hamza is an Al Qaeda operative from Myanmar.
Meanwhile, three Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) members, identified as Qari Obaidullah Gurmani, Qari Noor Muhammad and Qari Imam Din, were arrested from the Mubarak mosque in Faisalabad on August 16 for alleged links with the Al Qaeda. According to Daily Times,Gurmani is the MMA president from Faisalabad, while Noor and Imam Din are prayer leaders at the mosque.
Bangladesh 11/19/2004 100 Rohingya refugees injured in Cox Bazaar
According to the Daily Star, on November 18, over hundred Rohingya refugees and some police personnel were injured in a clash at Kutupalong camp in Ukhiya sub-district in Cox Bazar district. According to the report, the clash erupted as police personnel attempted to rescue a police officer detained by the refugees.
Bangladesh 11/20/2004 Three Rohingya refugees killed in Cox’s bazaar
On November 19, three dead bodies of the Rohingya refugees were recovered from a forest area near the Kutupalong camp in Ukhiya sub-district of Cox's Bazar district. Separately,police personnel arrested 11 refugees in connection with the November 18 clash with police personnel.
Bangladesh 6/4/2005 Five bombs recovered in Kushtia
Police in the Kushtia district are reported to have recovered five powerful bombs and 20 bullets from Piyarpur in the Sadar sub-district on June 2.
Meanwhile, New Age has reported that a group of non-government organisations
(NGOs) campaigning against the use of illegal firearms in Bangladesh said that Rohingya camps in the Cox’s Bazaar area had become a source of illegal arms for local criminals. The NGOs observed that four armed Rohingya groups operating in the area smuggled sophisticated firearms to the country and sold many of them to local criminals.
Bangladesh 7/25/2005 26 Myanmar rebels arrested in a series of raids in July
Reuters has reported that the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) personnel fought a series of gun battleswith Myanmar rebel groups and destroyed several camps in July. A senior BDR official said on July 24, "Twenty-six fugitive rebels from Myanmar, along with huge weapons and ammunition including 31 AK-47 rifles, were arrested during the raids." No Bangladeshi troops were injured in the encounters and casualty among the rebels too could not be ascertained. On July 23, a rebel camp was destroyed following an hour-long encounter at a forest near Naikkongchhari leading to the arrest of a rebel and the recovery of four anti-personnel mines and 16,000 rounds of ammunition.
Bangladesh 10/15/2005 PBCP 'regional leader' killed in Sirajganj district
Daily Star reports that on October 14, police personnel shot dead a 'regional leader' of the Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP), Abdul Halim, in a 'crossfire' at Poylarchar in Chowhali area of Sirajganj district. Five police personnel were also injured during the clash.
Meanwhile, Police arrested 20 Rohingyas, suspected to be linked to the Arakan Army, from Jubilee road area in Chittagong city when they were holding a meeting on October 13.
Bangladesh 10/24/2005 Home Ministry orders arrest of Rohingyas involved in crime in Bandarban district
The Bangladesh home ministry has recently issued an order to prepare a list of Rohingyas illegally living in the inaccessible hilly areas of the Bandarban district and to arrest those involved in criminal activities, according to Daily Star. The order said that a section of Rohingyas living in Bangladesh are involved in drugs and arms dealings as well as other criminal activities. The order sent to the offices of district commissioner, police super, and detective agencies, asked for the arrest of suspected Rohingyas to curb human and arms trafficking and other forms of crime.
Bangladesh 1/19/2006 Illegal arms and explosives recovered in Bandarban district
According to Daily Star, Army and border guards personnel on January 18 arrested three unidentified Myanmarese militants belonging to the Rohingya Solidarity Organisation (RSO) from Bhaginar Chhara area in Naikkhongchhari sub-district of Bandarban district and recovered a huge cache of arms, ammunition and explosives. The cache included 7 kilograms of TNT, a M1A1 machinegun,an AK-47 rifle, one .303, four M16 rifles, a long-range rocket shell, 3,500 bullets and a 500-yard coil of wire used in explosive devices.
Bangladesh 5/19/2009 Four suspected JMB militants sent to prison in Kushtia
On May 18, four suspected cadres of the Jama''atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), arrested earlier on May 17 night, were sent to jail by a court in Kushtia, reports Daily Star.
Meanwhile, JMB’s explosives expert ''Boma'' Mizan told his interrogators that the outfit had close links with Rohingya Solidarity Organisation (RSO),an insurgent group in the Arakan state of Myanmar. Rapid Action Battalion(RAB) interrogators told Daily Star that Mizan and some other JMB operatives received training from RSO arms experts in a camp near Myanmar border in 2002. In exchange for the firearms lessons, JMB trained Rohingyas to manufacture improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Mizan also told that the Harkat-ul Jihad-al Islami Bangladesh (HuJI-B) too had strong linkages with the RSO.
India 12/19/2011 31 Myanmerese Citizens arrested in Tripura
Zee News reports that Police on December 16 arrested 31 Myanmarese Nationals from Bokafa in South Tripura District. Among the arrested were nine children and seven women.Sub-Divisional Police Officier Amitava Paul told reporters, "All the 31 Myanmarese nationals were arrested by the police at Bokafa, 90 km from Agartala,late Friday night, They told the interrogators that they are planning to leave for elsewhere in India via Guwahati in search of jobs.” "All the foreign nationals are Rohingya Muslims who entered Tripura illegally through Sabroom border from Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) of southeast Bangladesh”.
India 3/9/2012 12 Myanmarese citizen arrested in Tripura
The Assam Tribune reports that Police arrested 12 Myanmarese Citizen at Mungiakami in West Tripura District on March7. The arrested foreign national are Rohingya Muslims and were on their way to Silchar in Assam.
Source; South Asia Terrorism Portal
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