Three suspected stalwarts of the Kuki-Chin National Front, including a woman, were sent to jail on Thursday as a joint drive against the armed national minority group continued.
The arrested are Lal Rin Tlowang Bawm, 20, Van Nuam Thang Bawm, 37, and Van Lal Thang Bawm, 45.
The three took to 58 the number of suspected KNF people sent to jail.
Bandarban additional superintendent of police for admin and finance Raihan Kazemy said that they had arrested the three KNF members at Ruma in Bandarban hill district.
鈥榃e produced them before the court Thursday evening and the court sent them to jail,鈥� he added.
The joint drive continued in connection with attacks on banks and police installations at Ruma and Thanchi in Bandarban that saw cash and arms looted in April 2鈥�4.
KNF adviser Liyan Siyam Bawm was arrested at Thanchi in Bandarban hill district in the joint drive on Tuesday and a Bandarban court sent him to jail on Wednesday, when he was produced before the court and the court sent him to jail.
Earlier between Sunday evening and Monday, the joint operation carried out by the Bangladesh Army and other law enforcement agencies arrested 49 suspected KNF members and supporters 鈥� 31 male and 18 female 鈥� and the police arrested five, including a driver who reportedly drove KNF armed people at Thanchi on April 3.
The Inter-Services Public Relations directorate on April 8 that they seized seven guns, 20 bullets, a laptop, a set of uniforms, and a pair of boots at Bethelpara of Ruma in the hill district.
The people were sent to jail following their arrest in connection with attacks on banks and police installations that saw cash and arms looted in April 2鈥�4.
