Dhaka, Aug. 14 -- Cross-Border Tensions Rise as Myanmar's armed rebel group Arakan Army has abducted five Bangladeshi fishermen from the Naf River estuary near Naikhongdia in Teknaf.
They were abducted on Tuesday morning around 8:30am from an area near the Naf River estuary close to Naikhongchhari in the Bay of Bengal.
TeknafUpazila Executive Officer (UNO) Sheikh Ehsan Uddin said inquiries were being conducted to ascertain the whereabouts of the abducted fishermen.
The abducted fishermen have been identified as Ilyas, son of Ali Ahmed of Jalia Para village on Shah Porir Island under Sabrang Union, TeknafUpazila, Ilyas's son Akkal Ali and Nur Hossain, Saber Hossain, son of Kalu Mia and Saiful Islam, son of Nur Hossain.
The incident took ...