Increased patrolling in the border areas of Teknaf in Cox's Bazar to avert influx of Rohingya refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar. Photo- Banglanews24.com
KPN News:
June 18, 2013
Teknaf, Bangladesh:
Two bodies were recovered from river bank under Sabrong union of Teknaf upazila
in Cox’s Bazar, 0n June 16, according to BGB officials.
The 42 Battalion,
Commanding officer of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) from Teknaf, Lt Col
Jahid Hossain said a small wooden boat with 28 Malaysia-bound job-seekers -
Rohingyas and Bengalis- was drowned in the Bay of Bengal near Katabonia beach
of Teknaf upazila at about 2:00am, on June 16.
Twenty-six persons
could reach the coast by swimming, and the bodies of the rest two females were
recovered in the afternoon.
A woman body was
recovered from the Bay of Bengal nearby Mondar Dill under Saprang union, said
Lt Mamon, Teknaf coast guard.
Local people saw
two dead bodies on the Katabonia and Moheskhalia Para beach on June 16
afternoon. They also said that there were three women and three children.
Police arrested two
agents from Teknaf for human trafficking after recovering the dead bodies.
The BGB and Cox’s
Bazar police, meanwhile, rescued 77 Malaysia-bound job-seekers in separate
raids during the last one week.
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