UNB, Cox’s Bazar :
Police have arrested 136 Rohingyas who were trying to escape from Ukhia’s refugee camps on Monday.
They were all prepared to escape from camps through the Cox’s Bazar-Teknaf road, police said.
Ukhia Police officer-in-charge Ahmed Sanjur Morshed said the 136 Rohingyas were held during a search drive in Ukhia on the eve of their departure from the camp. They were later transferred to Kutupalong transit camp.
Palangkhali Union Parishad chairman M Gafur Uddin Chowdhury said as the army checkposts 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 checkposts on the Cox’s Bazar-Teknaf road. As the checkpoints were lifted recently, Rohingyas are leaving the camp fearlessly.
