Staff Reporter :
A total of nine members of the Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) were arrested during joint operations led by the Bangladesh Army in various areas of Ruma upazila in Bandarban on Tuesday.
The joint force also recovered nine firearms and ammunition from their possessions, Inter-Services Public Relations said in a press release this afternoon.
Earlier on April 2, the extremist group abducted Bandarban’s Ruma upazila branch’s Sonali Bank manager, Md. Nezam Uddin, and tried to loot Tk 1.5 crore from the vault of the branch. But they couldn’t loot the money.
The armed group also carried out robberies at Sonali Bank and Krishi Bank. branches in Thanchi upazila of Bandarban on the following day.
Later, senior officials of the home ministry, security forces and administration visited the area.
So far, eight cases have been filed with the Ruma and Thanchi police stations.
On April 7, the joint operation led by the army launched in the hilly district and arrested a good number of the KNF members, including its chief coordinator Cheusim Bawm since then.
