DHAKA, 9 September 2021, (TON): Police detained 19 Rohingyas fleeing from Bhansan Char of Noakhali from Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram.

They were detained from Uttar Salimpur under the upazila, said Abul Kalam Azad, officer-in-charge (OC) of Sitakunda Police Station.

The police official said “the detainees include eight males, four females and seven children.”

OC Azad said that the Rohingyas fled Bhasan Char on a boat and later reached Sitakunda upazila.

Locals spotted the Rohingyas and informed police, our Chattogram staff correspondent reports quoting the OC.