A total of 30 members of the Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF), who were arrested in different cases over the bank robbery and looting of 14 firearms of the law enforcers in Ruma and Thanchi upazilas of Bandarban, have been transferred to Chittagong Central Jail from Bandarban District Jail.
They were sent to the Chattogram Central Jail on Tuesday morning amid tight security by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and police.
Bandarban District Jail sources said the convicts were moved due to shortage of space.
2 KNF members killed in BandarbanBandarban Jail Superintendent Jannatul Farhad said” "If they are asked to appear before a court, they will be brought back or the process will be done virtually.”
At least five members of the KNF were killed in separate gunfights with joint forces in Bandarban on May 23 and May 29.
On April 2, the separatist group kidnapped Bandarban’s Ruma upazila branch Sonali Bank manager Md Nezam Uddin and tried to loot Tk1.5 crore from the vault of the branch. But they were unable to take the money.
They also carried out robberies at Sonali Bank and Krishi Bank branches in Thanchi upazila of Bandarban on the following day.
