Joint pincer movement launched against KNF

Five cases filed

Bangladeshi security forces and law enforcement agencies will launch a pincer movement against the armed hill group Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) in Bandarban following a string of robberies, kidnapping and attacks on security checkposts in the district. The army, police, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) will launch the operation on Friday, RAB officials said in a press briefing at around 11:00am in the District Council auditorium.
The operation will continue till the KNF are eliminated in the district, Khandker Al Moin, director of the Legal and Media Wing of RAB, said at the briefing.
Meanwhile, five cases have been filed in Bandarban over the string of robberies, looting weapons and kidnapping of the manager of a Sonali Bank branch in Bandarban.