[Bangla Daily Star] A member of Democratic Party of Arakan, a militant group of Myanmar, was arrested in Ruma upazila in Bandarban yesterday. He was identified as Kew Ba Mong, 35.
Sources said local people caught Kew at Banchar Dai indigenous village near Ruma upazila sadar on late Saturday and handed him over to the army yesterday. Locals alleged that Kew Ba Mong was involved with kidnapping people for ransom. Recently he created a heavy pressure on the locals for huge amount of toll to buy firearms for his party, a villager said. In this situation, they caught and handed him over to the law enforcement agency, he added. |