Police said they had been too busy dealing with the ongoing Rohingya influx to bring him into custody for questioning. The banners called for all displaced Rohingya to be granted safe passage back to Myanmar and compensated for their destroyed homes and seized land. According to some social media posts, the local media and even sources in Cox’s Bazar Sadar police station, Minar was apprehended on October 12. But the apparent reluctance of police to remand Minar has obstructed the uncovering of more information from him about his motives for erecting the banners. The police station OC Ranjit Kumar Barua on Wednesday said: “We are now busier with the Rohingya issue than ever before.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 01, 2017 19:52 UTC