Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested two members of Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), including a top commander involved in the murder of a DGFI official, reports agencies.
They were arrested on Thursday (October 26) during a raid in the hilly areas adjacent to the Rohingya camp at Ukhiya in Cox`s Bazar, said RAB-15 Cox`s Bazar Battalion Assistant Director (Legal and Media) Additional Superintendent of Police Md Abu Salam Chowdhury.
The arrestees were identified as Md Osman Prakash Salman Murobbi, 50, head of ARSA`s Ulama Body and Torture Cell and Md Yunus, 24, torture cell member of the organisation.
During the raid, RAB found a secret torture cell operated by ARSA in the hills adjacent to Madhurchara Jame Mosque in Ward No. 6 of Rajapalang Union of Ukhiya.
One of the arrestees, Md Osman, was allegedly involved in the murder of a DGFI official during a joint anti-drug operation and was absconding.
He was also involved in multiple murders in the area adjacent to the Rohingya camp, the RAB official said.
In a press release issued last night, Abu Salam Chowdhury said that after receiving a tip-off, RAB raided the deep mountainous area adjacent to the Rohingya camp in Ukhiya.
During the operation, massive amounts of foreign-made arms and ammunition were seized from the arrestees.
