Religious leader beaten in Kutupalong camp by drunken villager

Thursday, 16 December 2010

Ukhiya, Bangladesh: A religious leader at the unregistered Kutupalong makeshift camp was assaulted by local villagers on December 14, said a refugee from the camp.

A villager living near the camp and identified only as Kholil entered the camp after getting drunk and began harassing camp residents, and the religious leader from Block A, identified as Moulana Yousuf, 30, confronted the man for his misbehavior.

A relative of the Moulana Yousuf said the drunken Kholil responded by beating him in front of the camp mosque.

Other refugees rushed to the spot to intervene, but no action was taken against the drunken assailant.

“We did not beat him because it would cause difficulties for the unregistered refugees in the future,” said one camp resident.

He added that local youths often enter the unregistered camp and harass refugee women and girls.

Source: Kaladan Press Network.
Link: http://www.kaladanpress.org/v3/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2950:religious-leader-beaten-in-kutupalong-camp-by-drunken-villager.