Dhaka,
May 17 (UNB)--RAB's intelligence-based drive against the Arakan Rohingya
Salvation Army (ARSA) is continuing and operations are being launched as soon
as any information is received.
Commander Arafat Islam,
director (legal and media wing), said this in a press conference at Karwan
Bazar Media Center on Friday.
He said ARSA members are
involved in various criminal activities including murder and kidnapping in
Rohingya camps.
"We conducted
several operations and arrested 110 ARSA members and recovered a huge amount of
explosives and weapons from their possessions," he informed.
Besides on Thursday, RAB
busted a 'den of Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army' near Ukhiya Rohingya camp in
Cox's Bazar district and arrested two suspected Rohingya criminals.
They were identified as
Master Salimullah, 38, chief coordinator and commander of ARSA, and his
associate Md Riaz, 27. Both of them are Rohingya citizens.
Arafat said they are in
close contact with the local police station and related groups to thwart ARSA's
activities.
"We are tracking
them and our intelligence activities against them are continuing," he
added.
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