Bandarban Correspondent: There have been reports of gunfights between RAB and suspected militants in the Remakri Setu area of Bandarban’s Thanchi Upazila.RAB’s Law and Media Branch Director Khandaker Al Moin told the media this information on Tuesday morning.
According to RAB, when RAB members raided the Remakri Bridge area, there was a shootout with the suspected militants.
Earlier, RAB arrested five members of Jamaatul Ansar Phil Hindal Sharqiya from Bandarban on January 11. Khandaker Al Moin told the media that they were arrested in the district’s Rowangchari and Thanchi upazilas.
After “shootings” near the Rohingya camp in Ukhia, Cox’s Bazar, two leaders of the new militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Ansar, Phil Hindal Sharqiya, were arrested.RAB later arrested 5 Jamaatul Ansar Phil Hindal Sharqiya members from Bandarban.
At that time, RAB said that during the initial interrogation, the arrested said that they were military members of the new militant organization Jamaatul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya. They were undergoing military training under the supervision of the KNF, a separatist armed organization of the hills.
