Dhaka, April 30 -- Members of Myanmar's armed rebel group "Arakan Army" have allegedly picked up another seven Bangladeshi fishermen and seized two trawlers from the Naf River in Teknaf Upazila of Cox's Bazar in the latest reported abduction.

They were abducted while fishing at the estuary of the Naf River off Nayapara and Shah Porir Dwip on Thursday afternoon, said Subrang Union Council Member Abul Fayez.

Four of the fishermen are Nayapara residents: Abdur Rahman, Abdul Matlab, Gura Mia and Md Hasan.

The rest -- Ahmed Ali, Nurul Absar and Abdur Rahim -- are from Shah Porir Dwip.

It has become impossible to go fishing in the river because of the Arakan Army, Fayez said.

"Fishermen are also often being abducted from the sea," he said,...