12 Rohingyas detained at Mongla

Police detained 12 Rohingyas including nine children from Mongla port in Bagerhat last night as they were entering the country through an India-Bangladesh border on Monday.

The detainees, who are members of two families, were held from Digraj area of Mongla port around 11:30pm, said Iqbal Bahar, officer-in-charge of Mongla Police Station.

They are Md Jabed (32), his wife Nur Begum (30), and Fatema (33). Among the children, four are Jabed and Nur Begum's children and rest of them are Jabed's sister Fatema's.

The OC said the Rohingyas entered the country through Putkhali border in Benapole on Monday after being pushed by a broker gang.

"From there, they reached Khulna by train. The two families then came to Digraj of Mongla," the OC said, adding that they wanted to go to the Rohingya camp in Ukhiya.

Legal process is underway in this connection, he added.