Police nab 16 Rohingyas in Cumilla

Police arrested 16 Rohingyas from Bagra in Brahmanpara upazila of Cumilla on Thursday.

The arrestees are Hamida Begum, 60, Sabbir Ahmed, 30, Sabbir's wife Hasina Begum, 30, Sabbir's four children-Jabed, 12, Saber, 10, Majid, 6 and Sadek, 2, Hamid Nur, 25, Hamid's wife Fatema, 23, Hamid's two sons-Faruk, 3 and Khaiyam Nur, 1, Nur Haba, 28, Abdur Rahim, 10, ShahidasAkter, 5 and Ismail, 6.

Acting on a tip-off, a team of police conducted a drive in the area and arrested them, said SAM Shahjahan Kabir, officer-in-charge of Brahmanpara Police Station, UNB reports.

Police said that all of them will be sent to Cox's Bazar Rohingya camp.