Arakan News Agency
Police have recovered the body of a Rohingya man from Leda Camp, a few hours after he entered the camp in Cox’s Bazars Teknaf upazila with bullet-wound.
Shah Alam, 40, was found dead at the camp on Monday afternoon. Shah Alam was son of late Syedul Amin and had hailed from Myanmar’s Mangla area.
He was left with gun-shot injured outside his home after the military entered the village indiscriminately arresting and shooting Rohingya civilians on Sunday, December 18.
Mr. Alam’s sister Fatema Khatun said, “on Sunday the troops pulled out my brother from home and later we found him lying unconsciously with gun-injury.”
Expecting proper treatment, they crossed the Bangladesh-Myanmar border via Jadimura point in the morning. He was pronounced death at 9:00 at A-Block, Leda Camp before receiving a treatment that they took dangerous journey for.
Teknaf OC (Investigation) Sheikh Ashrafuzzaman said: “Teknaf police sent the body to Cox’s Bazar Sadar morgue for autopsy around 3:30pm.”
He said: “We recovered the bullet-hit body of the Rohingya man. We could not figure out how and when he entered Bangladesh.”
Leda Rohingya Camp Management Committee Chairman Dudu Mia said: “Shah Alam had already been shot when he entered into Bangladesh territory early Monday. He took refuge in the camp where he died around 9pm.”
Source : The Stateless Rohingya
