Overview
- Police raided a rented house near Tripura Medical College in Hapania following a tip-off and arrested 11 men and two women identified as PCJSS members
- Investigators linked the group to a May 14 armed clash in Baghaichhari upazila between the Santu Larma-led PCJSS faction and the UPDF
- Senior officers reported that at least six detainees bore burn and cut wounds they said were sustained in recent Chittagong Hill Tracts violence
- The Mobile Task Force and Border Security Force are interrogating the activists to verify their identities and affiliations
- The arrests form part of a broader northeast border operation that has seen over 740 Bangladeshi nationals deported so far this month