136 Rohingyas held while fleeing from Ukhiya camp

Police have arrested 136 Rohingyas who were trying to escape from Ukhiya’s refugee camps on Monday, reports UNB.

They were trying to escape from the camps through the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf road, police said.

Ahmed Sanjur Morshed, officer-in-charge (OC) of Ukhiya police station said the 136 Rohingyas were held during a search drive in Ukhiya while they were preparing to leave. They were later transferred to Kutupalong transit camp.

Palangkhali union parishad chairman M Gafur Uddin Chowdhury said as the army check-posts on the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf road were lifted, thousands of Rohingyas were leaving the camps every day and spreading across the country.

According to sources, since August 2017, there used to be four army check-posts on the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf road. As the checkpoints were lifted recently, a number of Rohingyas are leaving the camp every day.