Rohingya Arrested

Seven Rohingya people from a group of 65 seized by Myanmar authorities from a boat off the southern coast died of hunger, thirst and exposure, state media said today.

The rackets were active in the border areas of Assam, West Bengal, Meghalaya and other parts of the country, they added.

Myanmar's junta is set to replace Aung San Suu Kyi at the UN's top court Monday as it seeks to dismiss a case over the alleged genocide of Rohingya Muslims.

In 2021, at least 414 refugees mainly from Myanmar i.e. about 354 Rohingyas and 60 Chins and other ethnic Myanmarese nationals were arrested by the police in various states of India.

24 Rohingya refugees have been arrested in Assam over the past two days, including 15 from the Badarpur Railway Station in Karimganj on Saturday and nine from the Guwahati Railway Station on Sunday.

Ten people, suspected to be illegal Rohingya immigrants, were arrested from a Rajdhani Express train at the New Jalpaiguri station in West Bengal, a railway official said on Wednesday.

Thirteen Rohingya refugees, including six children, have been arrested from Assam's Karimganj district - which borders Bangladesh - police sources told NDTV on Thursday, adding they were arrested for trying to illegally cross the border.

Eight Rohingya were arrested in Assam's Hailikandi district for illegally entering India from Myanmar, the police said.

Nearly 100 Rohingya appeared in a Myanmar court Wednesday after being arrested for trying to flee persecution, their lawyer said, as leader Aung San Suu Kyi addressed the UN's top court to deny allegations of a genocidal campaign against the ethnic minority.

A total of 12 suspected Rohingyas from Bangladesh were arrested in Mizoram for entering the state without valid travel documents, a police officer said today.

Even as 31 Rohingya Muslims are stranded along the India-Bangladesh borders since Friday, 30 more Rohingyas, including 12 children, were on Monday night apprehended along the Tripura-Assam border, a police officer said.

Two persons arrested near in connection with the bomb blast in Bodh Gaya in January last had allegedly planned to set off the explosives to express solidarity with Rohingya Muslims fighting the Myanmar government and wage war against the government of India, the NIA said.

Manipur police commandos today arrested a couple who are allegedly the masterminds in the "trafficking" of Rohingyas from Myanmar into the state.

Four Rohingyas including a woman were today arrested for allegedly illegally procuring Aadhaar and Voter ID cards by making false representation of being Indian nationals, police said.

Rohingya Muslim men like him were restricted to wearing traditional sarongs, or longyis, in their native Myanmar. It was an unofficial uniform that identified Muslims as inferior, Rohingya refugees said. Wearing pants, outside cities and towns, was restricted by local authorities, and Rohingya who did so could be arrested and fined.

Seven Rohingya people from a group of 65 seized by Myanmar authorities from a boat off the southern coast died of hunger, thirst and exposure, state media said today.

The rackets were active in the border areas of Assam, West Bengal, Meghalaya and other parts of the country, they added.

Myanmar's junta is set to replace Aung San Suu Kyi at the UN's top court Monday as it seeks to dismiss a case over the alleged genocide of Rohingya Muslims.

In 2021, at least 414 refugees mainly from Myanmar i.e. about 354 Rohingyas and 60 Chins and other ethnic Myanmarese nationals were arrested by the police in various states of India.

24 Rohingya refugees have been arrested in Assam over the past two days, including 15 from the Badarpur Railway Station in Karimganj on Saturday and nine from the Guwahati Railway Station on Sunday.

Ten people, suspected to be illegal Rohingya immigrants, were arrested from a Rajdhani Express train at the New Jalpaiguri station in West Bengal, a railway official said on Wednesday.

Thirteen Rohingya refugees, including six children, have been arrested from Assam's Karimganj district - which borders Bangladesh - police sources told NDTV on Thursday, adding they were arrested for trying to illegally cross the border.

Eight Rohingya were arrested in Assam's Hailikandi district for illegally entering India from Myanmar, the police said.

Nearly 100 Rohingya appeared in a Myanmar court Wednesday after being arrested for trying to flee persecution, their lawyer said, as leader Aung San Suu Kyi addressed the UN's top court to deny allegations of a genocidal campaign against the ethnic minority.

A total of 12 suspected Rohingyas from Bangladesh were arrested in Mizoram for entering the state without valid travel documents, a police officer said today.

Even as 31 Rohingya Muslims are stranded along the India-Bangladesh borders since Friday, 30 more Rohingyas, including 12 children, were on Monday night apprehended along the Tripura-Assam border, a police officer said.

Two persons arrested near in connection with the bomb blast in Bodh Gaya in January last had allegedly planned to set off the explosives to express solidarity with Rohingya Muslims fighting the Myanmar government and wage war against the government of India, the NIA said.

Manipur police commandos today arrested a couple who are allegedly the masterminds in the "trafficking" of Rohingyas from Myanmar into the state.

Four Rohingyas including a woman were today arrested for allegedly illegally procuring Aadhaar and Voter ID cards by making false representation of being Indian nationals, police said.

Rohingya Muslim men like him were restricted to wearing traditional sarongs, or longyis, in their native Myanmar. It was an unofficial uniform that identified Muslims as inferior, Rohingya refugees said. Wearing pants, outside cities and towns, was restricted by local authorities, and Rohingya who did so could be arrested and fined.