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Nasaka arrests Imam of mosque in Maungdaw

Maungdaw, Arakan State: An Imam (leader of prayer) of a local mosque of Nari Bill east village of Maungdaw Township was arrested by local Nasaka (Burma’s border security force), on August 22, at about 9:45 pm, while he was returning home after praying Tarabi Namaz (prayer) in the mosque, said a close relative of the victim who preferred not to be named. Dos Mohamed (23), son of Ali Akbar, hail from Nari Bill east village of Maungdaw Township, the an Imam of the local mosque and also Hafezi Quran and religious leader of Tarabi Namaz (especially prayer in Ramadan fasting month). “On that day, at about 9:45 pm, after paying Tarabi Namaz, he was going to his home, but he was halted by the patrol Nasaka personnel and asked him to hand over his mobile set to them, which he denied. But, the Nasaka was taking a photograph of him by giving a mobile set in his hand where the Nasaka personnel had extra mobile sets and camera while patrolling around the villages. Afterwards, he was brought to the