Armed Police Battalion (APBn) has arrested the chief commander of Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) Ulama branch, who issued the fatwa for the assassination of Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah, from Ukhiya rohingya camp of Cox’s Bazar. The arrestee has been identified as Zokoria, 55, of Lambasia camp-1 of Ukhiya. APBn members held Zokoria after a four-month of effort from Lambasia camp.  He went into hiding during a raid on the camp area after Mohib Ullah's assassination, confirmed SP Naimul Haque, commander of the 14th Armed Police Battalion, on Sunday morning. Read: Mohib Ullah murder: Three alleged killers sent to two-day police remand Zakaria had a rivalry with Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah. He is considered as the top adviser to the Rohingya camp's perpetrators, said the official. SP Naimul also said Zokoria came to Bangladesh from Myanmar in 2015. Later, he went back there again. As a refugee in 2016, he started living in the Lambasia area.  Since 2020, he has been serving as the Chief Commander of the Ulama branch of ARSA in the Kutupalong camp area. Legal processes are underway against him, he added. So far, ten Rohingya men have been arrested in this case. Of them, two gave confessional statements of involvement in the murder before the court. Commander of APBn-14 SP Naimul Haque said that during primary interrogation of the accused Aziz spoke of a total of 19 Rohingya miscreants being involved in the murder plan, "and of them five, including him, were members of the killing squad". On September 29 last year, another arrestee Murshid called Mohib to the ARSPH office to discuss Rohingya repatriation issues and informed other members of the squad, said SP Naimul quoting Azizul. Read:Mohib Ullah murder: Killing squad member Azizul “confesses to involvement” They fired four shots at Mohib Ullah, he said, adding that they fled the scene using a lane behind Mohib Ullah’s house. On September 30, police filed a case over Mohib Ullah’s murder, following a complaint from his brother Habib Ullah. On August 25, 2019, Mohib Ullah came to the limelight as a leader after holding an assembly of around five lakh Rohingyas.

A court in Cox's Bazar Tuesday remanded in two-day police custody three Rohingyas arrested for their alleged direct involvement in the killing of Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah. Cox’s Bazar Senior Judicial Magistrate Md Helal Uddin passed the order, turning down an appeal by the investigation officer in the case for a five-day remand for interrogation. The three arrestees are Md Rashid Prakash Murshid Amin, a resident of Block-D8 of Kutupalong Camp-1, and Mohammad Anas and Nur Mohammad, both residents of Block-B of the same camp. Read:Mohib murder: Police seek 5-day in remand for 3 alleged killers Investigation officer inspector Gazi Salauddin of the Ukhia police station said they were waiting for a copy of the court's order to take the accused into custody. So far, nine Rohingya men have been arrested in this case. Of them, two have already gave confessional statements of involvement in the murder before the court. A senior officer of the district police said on Saturday that the Armed Police Battalion arrested Azizul Haque, Md Rashid, Anas, Nur Mohammad from a Rohingya camp. "They were part of the killing squad." Aziz gave his confessional statement in the Cox’s Bazar Senior Judicial Magistrate's court on Saturday afternoon. Earlier, five more Rohingyas -- Md Elias, Mohammad Selim, 33, Abdus Salam, 32, Jiaur Rahman, 32, and Shawkat Ullah, 23 -- were arrested in connection with the murder. Of them, Elias confessed to his involvement on October 10 in the court. Commander of APBn-14 SP Naimul Haque said that during primary interrogation, Aziz spoke of a total of 19 Rohingya miscreants being involved in the murder plan, "and of them five, including him, were members of the killing squad". Following the information extracted from Aziz, APBn arrested the three others, said SP Naimul. Read:Mohib Ullah murder: Killing squad member Azizul “confesses to involvement” On September 29, Murshid called Mohib to the ARSPH office to discuss Rohingya repatriation issues and informed other members of the squad, said SP Naimul quoting Azizul. They fired four shots at Mohib Ullah, he said, adding that they fled the scene using a lane behind Mohib Ullah’s house. On September 30, police filed a case over Mohib Ullah’s murder, following a complaint from his brother Habib Ullah. On August 25, 2019, Mohib Ullah came to the limelight as a leader after holding an assembly of around five lakh Rohingyas.

Azizul Haque, arrested on Saturday morning over the killing of Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah, confessed to his direct involvement in the murder before a court in Cox’s Bazar. Cox’s Bazar Senior Judicial Magistrate Jerin Sultana recorded his statement for two hours. He was later sent to jail. Tipped off, Armed Police Battalion (APBn) members arrested Azizul from a camp in Ukhia and they arrested three other Rohingyas acting on his statement. Commander of APBn-14 SP Naimul Haque briefed the media about his arrest. SP Naimul said the miscreants held their last meeting at Markaj hill in the camp two days before the murder. Read: Mohib Ullah Murder: Accused Elias makes confessional statement Nine people, including five armed members, were asked to complete the mission that day, which they completed within just two minutes, he said.

Md Elias, one of accused in Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah’s murder case, has made confessional statement before a Cox’s Bazar court. The accused was produced before Cox’s Bazar Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court on Saturday after completing a three-day remand, said Cox’s Bazar court police sources. Read: Mohib Ullah murder: 3 more accused remanded Chief Judicial Magistrate court Judge Md Helal Uddin recorded his confessional statement under section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). On October 3, 14-Armed Police Battalion (APBn) arrested Elias from Kutupalong Rohingya Camp-5 during a drive. Unknown assailants gunned down Mohib, head of Arakan Rohingya Society for Peace and Human Rights (ARSPH) on September 29. On September 30, police filed a case over Mohib Ullah’s murder following a complaint from Mohib Ullah’s brother Habib Ullah. Read: Want killing nowhere: Momen about Mohib Ullah murder On October 1, another suspect Mohammad Selim,33, was arrested from a Kutupalong camp and was later handed over to Ukhiya police station by APBn members. In the early hour of October 2, suspect Abdus Salam,32, and Jiaur Rahman,32 were arrested from another Rohingya camp in Ukhiya.  Later in the evening Ukhiya police arrested Shawkat Ullah,23, another Rohingya suspect from Kutupalong camp. Later, Cox’s Bazar Senior Judicial Magistrate Tamanna Farah placed the five arrestees on 3-day remand each.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday said they do not want a single killing anywhere mentioning that Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah’s killing is regrettable. “We don’t want any such incident anywhere. We’ve taken action instantly,” he told reporters at his ministry.  

The killers of Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah will be brought to justice soon, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has said.  The Home Minister said this on Sunday during a meeting on the Durgo Puja security arrangements at the ministry's conference room. Read: 4 held over Mohib Ullah murder; 7-day remand sought for 2 Adding that an investigation was underway to find the cause of Mohib Ullah's murder, he said that the suspects will be brought to book soon. Mentioning Mohib Ullah as vocal for the Rohingyas, Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said that he always spoke about their repatriation. Read: Mohib's murder: FIR lodged, probe in full swing, say police He said that the government has been investigating to find out whether any foreign agents were trying to make the situation turbulent in the refugee camp. About increasing the security in the camps, he informed that barbed wire fence is being installed around the Rohingya camps which will be completed in a few days.Watchtowers at Rohingya camps are also being set to ensure high security, he added.

Armed Police Battalion (APBn) has detained another Rohingya man from Ukhiya on Sunday over suspicion of his being involved in the killing of Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah raising the number of arrestees to five. The 5th arrestee was named as Md Ilias,35, a resident of Kutupalong camp-5. Tipped off a drive was conducted at the camp around 12pm and Ilias was held while trying to run away, said SP Naimul Haque, commander of the 14th Armed Police Battalion. With this, five suspects have been arrested since the murder on September 29. Read: 4 held over Mohib Ullah murder; 7-day remand sought for 2 Earlier on Friday two Rohingya men Mohammad Selim,33, and Shawkat Ullah,23, were arrested and on Saturday another two Rohingya men Abdus Salam,32, and Jiaur Rahman,32, were taken into custody. All were arrested from Kutupalong Rohingya camps. A Cox’s Bazar court on Sunday placed Mohammad Selim and Shawkat Ullah on a three-day remand for interrogation about over the killing. On Thursday night, police registered a murder case following a complaint from Mohib Ullah’s brother Habib Ullah, said officer-in-charge Sanjur Morshed. Read: Mohib's murder: FIR lodged, probe in full swing, say police Unknown assailants gunned down Mohib on Wednesday night. Formerly a teacher in Myanmar, the slain activist was popularly known as Master Mohib Ullah among the Rohingya refugees. He was the head of Arakan Rohingya Society for Peace and Human Rights (ARSPH) at Kutupalong camp.

Four suspects have so far been arrested in connection with Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah’s murder at Lambashia camp-1 in Ukhiya. Of them, Selim and Shawkat were presented before Cox’s Bazar Judicial Magistrate’s court on Saturday as Ukhiya police sought a seven-day remand to interrogate them. The court set Sunday to hear the remand plea, said sub-sub-inspector Chandan Kumar Chakrawarty at the court. Shawkat was arrested on Saturday afternoon from a Kutupalong Rohingya camp, said officer-in-charge of Ukhiya police station Sanjur Morshed. Also read: Rohingya leader Mohibullah assassinated Armed Police Battalion (APBn) personnel arrested Ziaur and Salam on Friday early morning from Kutupalong camps and Selim on Friday noon from Kutupalong camp-6. SP Naimul Haque, commander of the 14th APBn, said the three arrestees were later handed over to Ukhiya police station. Since Mohib Ullah’s murder, patrol by police and APBn personnel been beefed up at the Rohingya camps, the SP added. On Thursday night, police registered a murder case over Mohib Ullah’s murder following a complaint from Mohib Ullah’s brother Habib Ullah, said officer-in-charge Sanjur Morshed. Unknown assailants gunned down Mohib on Wednesday night. He was first taken to a local medical facility and later shifted to Cox's Bazar Sadar Hospital, where doctors declared him dead. Read: Mohib's murder: FIR lodged, probe in full swing, say police He was buried in Lambashia camp-1 in Ukhiya upazila on Thursday afternoon after his namaz-e-janaza, which was attended by a large number of Rohingya refugees from camps in Ukhiya and Teknaf upazilas. Formerly a teacher in Myanmar, the slain activist was popularly known as Master Mohib Ullah among the Rohingya refugees. He was the head of Arakan Rohingya Society for Peace and Human Rights (ARSPH) at Kutupalong camp.