Bangladesh, July 11 -- Three months have passed since the Kuki-Chin National Front robbed banks and abducted a bank manager in Bardarban's Ruma, but the Sonali Bank branch in the area has not yet returned to business as usual.

Officials said that activity at the Sonali and Krishi Bank branches in Thanchi resumed as usual after a few days, but there were fewer transactions at the locations.

After three bank branches were robbed in two Upazilas, Bangladesh's joint security forces launched an anti-KNF operation in the region. But members of the Bawm ethnic minority community have complained they are facing restrictions, including on movement and food collection, amid 'mass arrests'.

Many people have left their homes due to fear and panic,...