The Bangladesh Coast Guard and the Bangladesh Navy rescued 21 people, including women and children, conducting a joint operation in the hills of Baharchhara under Teknaf in Cox鈥檚 Bazar on Wednesday night.
In a press release on Thursday, the BCG media officer Lieutenant Commander Siam-ul-Haq said that the people were held captive in a house adjacent to Karachipara at Baharchhara for the purpose of trafficking to Malaysia by sea.
During the operation, it was not possible to arrest anyone as the traffickers fled after sensing the presence of the joint forces, mentioned the press release, adding that intelligence surveillance and operations by the BCG and the Navy were ongoing to arrest them.
