Many Rohingyas gather at border to enter Ukhiya

Some couple of hundred Rohingyas have allegedly gathered across the Myanmar border on the other side of Naf river to enter Bangladesh.

The Border Guard Bangladesh said they came to know that a group of Rohingyas were trying to enter Bangladesh through Ukhiya border on Thursday night, said Lt Col Ali Haider Azad Ahmed, commanding officer of BGB-32 battalion.

BGB members have beefed up patrolling along the Anjumanpara border as no new Rohingya will be allowed to enter Bangladesh, he said.

Meanwhile, local people took position on several points of Ukhiya and Teknaf border in Cox's Bazar to assist the border guard members.

Palongkhali Union Parishad chairman M Gafur Uddin Chowdhury   said some Bangladeshi fishermen   reported to the local representatives after seeing several hundred Rohingyas waiting in the Myanmar territory to enter Bangladesh.

Saiful Islam Saif, upazila nirbahi officer in Teknaf, said they would take necessary steps in this regard.