A Rohingya leader was shot dead in a refugee camp in Ukhiya upazila of Cox's Bazar on Monday morning.
The deceased is Shafiullah Shafiq, 38, son of late Mohammad Siddique of B-Block of Balukhali Rohingya camp no 8.
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) of 8th Armed Police Battalion (APBn) Md Farooq Ahmed said Shafiq was returning from the annual program of a madrasa in his camp in the morning. A group of unidentified miscreants opened fired at him and he died on the spot.
The miscreants had already fled the scene when a team of APBn reached the spot, he said.
APBn is carrying out operations to nab the perpetrators, he added.
Mohammad Iqbal, a resident of Ukhiya's Balukhali Katupalong Camp-8 East, said Shafiullah was always vocal in the dispute of ARSA (Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army) in the camp. Maybe he was gunned down because of this.
Terrorist groups in the camp are trying to become active again, he said.
