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Wednesday, January 9, 2013
A Correspondent, Cox's Bazar
Ukhia police yesterday handed over Rohingya 'robber' Hamidul Haque, allegedly involved in killing of 11 Bangladeshi fishermen, to Detective Branch (DB) of police for further interrogation.
Gleaning details from Hamidul Haque, police said they were now trying to arrest four other Rohingya criminals involved in the killing.
Hamidul also confessed to police that it was a pre-planned attack, they said.
Meanwhile hearing the news of arrest of Hamidul, owner of the attacked trawler Shah Alam Khan Sentu came to Cox's Bazar from Barguna yesterday and contacted district police.
Earlier, after talking with Farida Begum, wife of Syed Alam, one of 11 victims, Sentu filed a general diary (GD) with Patharghata PS on Saturday.
Contacted, district additional police superintendent Babul Akter said that police extracted important information from the arrestee. The information is not being made public for the sake of arresting the other criminals, he said.
Hamidul Haque on Sunday night disclosed how five Rohingyas had attacked a trawler and hacked to death 11 Bangladeshi fellow fishermen on Wednesday near Sonarchar Dwip [island] in Barguna district and dumped the bodies in the sea.
Fisherman Hamidul Haque, 45, son of late Syed Akbar of Budichong area in Myanmar, narrated the gruesome incident to Ukhia police of Cox's Bazar district in presence of journalists.
A Myanmar citizen, Hamidul had been living in Cox's Bazar town for long.
Law enforcers of Inani police outpost recovered the attacked trawler and arrested Hamidul from the coastal Pathuartek area in Ukhia around 8:00pm Sunday.
They later handed the arrestee over to the Ukhia police.
Hamidul told police that their trawler went to the deep sea with 16 fishermen -- 11 Bangladeshis and five Rohingyas.
On Wednesday, the Rohingyas on board swooped on the Bangladeshis and killed them.
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