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'Rohingya' men held in Dhaka

Sun, Sep 11th, 2011 1:13 pm BdST Dhaka, Sept 11 (bdnews24.com) — Six Rohingya men bearing fake Bangladeshi passports have been arrested at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport when they have tried to pass the immigration to go to Saudi Arabia.  They were arrested around 8:30pm on Sunday,  Dhaka Metropolitan Police's senior assistant   superintendent Selim Khan told bdnews24.com  Selim said their passports had fake address,  and one of their associates  'Raisul' was also arrested.  "We've interrogated them. They admitted that they are not citizens of Bangladesh," the police officer said.  He said it was confirmed that they belonged to Rohingya community.  According to their passports, they are Mujibul Haque, Milon Mia, Ahmad Ali, Abbas Ali, Alamgir Hossain and 'Anwar'.  The police officer said preparations to file a case against them were underway.  Rohingya people are minority Muslims from the Arakan state of neighbouring Myanmar, who have