A top commander of Myanmar-based militancy outfit Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) has been killed at Cox’s Bazar district’s Ukhiya Rohingya Camp-19, when members of this notorious outfit opened fire at members of Armed Police Battalion (APBN).
According to our correspondent, at around 10 am in the morning on April 11, 2023, ARSA men attacked APBN members. Name of the ARSA commander is Abdul Majid aka Lalaiya. He was holding a pistol before being killed in gunfight.
Following this incident members of the law enforcement agencies raided a number of Rohingya camps and apprehended three ARSA men namely Mohammad Taher, Jamal Hosen, and Liakot Ali.
ARSA commander Abdul Majid aka Lalaiya was involved in four murder cases inside Rohingya camps.
APBN Assistant Superintendent of Police (media), Md Faruk Ahmed, said: “Based on a tip-off, an operation was carried out at Camp No 19 on Tuesday morning. ARSA members opened fire at the APBN upon sensing their presence. The APBN also fired back in self-defense. Later, the body of Laliya was recovered from the spot”.
“During this incident, three ARSA members were arrested. A firearm and two rounds of ammunition were seized from their possession. Two policemen were also injured in this incident”, he added.
ARSA, a jihadist monster
According to statistics, there are over one million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh who were driven out from Myanmar by its military regime. Ever-since genocide on Rohingyas began, members of this community had not only entered Bangladesh, thousands of them have illegally moved into a number of countries in Asian, Australian, African and European continent.
One of the key points about the Rohingyas is – the majority of them are radicalized Muslims. They have extreme hatred towards secular individuals, nations and governments.
Back in 2017, while Bangladesh provided shelter to over 1.20 million Rohingyas, a large number of Rohingyas also have moved to India, fleeing atrocities of the Myanmar military establishment. Although there is no statistical data on the size of Rohingya refugees or those Rohingyas illegally living in India – back in 2020, India’s central government told its Supreme Court,
“Rohingya presence in the country has serious national security ramifications and it poses national security threats. The illegal influx of Rohingyas into India started in 2012-13 and inputs suggest links of some of the immigrants with Pak-based terror groups. Some Rohingyas with militant backgrounds were active in Jammu, Delhi, Hyderabad and Mewat and are a potential threat to internal security”.
According to media reports, a number of nations, including Turkey, Iran and Pakistan are actively attempting to turn the entire Rohingya community – or at least majority of them towards radical Islamic militancy. There also are reports on secret links between Rohingyas and several jihadist groups such as Al Qaeda, Islamic State, Boko Haram, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Hamas, Hezbollah, Muslim Brotherhood, and Hizb Ut Tahrir. These jihadist groups are particularly maintaining connections with a number of terrorist and militancy groups such as Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), Rohingya Solidarity Organization (RSO), and Arakan Rohingya National Organization (ARNO).
