, March 28 -- Thirteen Bangladeshi fishermen were abducted allegedly by the members of Myanmar's armed rebel group Arakan Army from the Naf River in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar district on Saturday morning.

Those abducted were identified as Mostafizur Rahman, 40, Farid Hossain, 30, Rabiul Hasan, 17, Kalam, 30, Hossain Ahmad, 38, Mir Kashem Ali, 40, Gias Uddin, Salauddin, 18; Mohiuddin, 22, Molla Kalu Mia, 55, Abu Taher, 40, Abdul Khalek and Jaber Mia, 24, residents of Majher Para and Donger Para villages of Shah Porir Dwip.

Quoting some fishermen who returned from the Naf river, Abdul Gafur, president of Shah Porir Dwip Paschim Para Fishermen Association, said a group of Arakan Army members riding on speedboats chased some fishing boa...