Cox’s Bazar | Bay Insight

A suspected armed robber was killed during a gun attack by a rival gang at the Nayapara Registered Rohingya Camp in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar, police said.

The deceased was identified as Nur Kamal, the leader of a Rohingya-based criminal gang. His body was recovered from the camp on Saturday morning, January 10. Police said the shooting occurred around 1:00am.

The incident was confirmed by Additional Deputy Inspector General Md Kausar Sikder, commanding officer of the 16 Armed Police Battalion. He said a long-standing territorial dispute existed between the Bangladeshi Khalique gang and Nur Kamal’s group.

According to police, members of the Khalique gang launched an armed attack on Nur Kamal, triggering an exchange of gunfire inside the camp. At one point, Nur Kamal was shot and stabbed by his rivals. He was later taken to an NGO-run hospital in the camp, where he died.

Kausar Sikder said both groups had been involved in various criminal activities within the camp for a long time. Nur Kamal was a resident of the Nayapara Rohingya camp.

Teknaf Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md Saiful Islam said police recovered Nur Kamal’s body on Saturday morning, prepared an inquest report at the scene, and sent the body to Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy.

He added that Nur Kamal was accused in at least 11 cases, including murder, robbery, abduction, and drug-related offences.