Dhaka, April 8 -- Top security officials, including the Home Minister, embarked on a visit to the hill tracts and pledged a comprehensive joint operation in Bandarban to restore peace and recover the looted arms by the Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF).

Simultaneously, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) apprehended Cheosim Bom, the central committee chief coordinator of Kuki Chin, along with four suspected members of the militant outfit in a special operation in Bandarban on Sunday.

General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed, the Army Chief, along with Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun, Special Branch Chief Md Monirul Islam, and other high-ranking officials are currently stationed in Bandarban to address the situation seriously....