By Arakan Journal Staff – October 2, 2026
Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh – A 20-year-old Rohingya refugee has been sentenced to one month of rigorous imprisonment after authorities in Teknaf accused him of attempting to leave a refugee camp without permission.
The man, identified as Nur Mohammad, was detained by members of the 16th Armed Police Battalion (APBN) on Thursday, October 1, in Block D/4 of Camp 26 (Shal Bagan) in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar.
According to the Shal Bagan APBN camp authorities, a mobile patrol was conducting a daytime patrol in the camp at around 2:35 p.m. when officers allegedly saw Nur Mohammad trying to leave the camp without authorization.
Authorities said he tried to flee after noticing the patrol team but was detained by APBN personnel.
They then took him to the Camp 24 Camp-in-Charge (CiC) office for legal proceedings. The Executive Magistrate and Camp 24 CiC, Khanzada Shahriar Bin Mannan, conducted a mobile court there.
The court sentenced Nur Mohammad to one month of rigorous imprisonment for an offence under Section 188 of the Penal Code, 1860, in connection with the alleged attempt to leave the camp without permission.
Nur Mohammad is a resident of Block E/7 of Camp 26. Authorities identified his family counting number (FCN) as 275557.
The Shal Bagan APBN camp also recorded the incident in its general diary, according to the report.
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