Jammu Tawi, Apr 2: Over 12 Rohingya Muslims were detained by the Jammu and Kashmir police in the Ramban district of Jammu Division on Friday, officials said.
They had arrived at Dar village in Gool Tehsil as part of a Tablighi group, the officials said.
Police identified them as Ameer Hakam, Jaffar Alam, Mohammed Noor, Abul Hasan, Mohammed Alam, Noor Ameen, Noor Hussain, Sayeed Hossain, Mohammed Salim, Mohammed Ismail, Kamal Hussain and Mustafa Hussain. As per the reports, they were staying as refugees at Bhatindi and Narwal in Jammu for eight years.
The 12 members were then sent to jail in the Hiranagar area of Kathua district, where most of the Rohingyas Muslims, who had illegally entered the union territory, are housed.
