DHAKA: A Rohingya man suspected of involvement in people trafficking has been shot dead in Bangladesh, police said on Monday, as the country battles a migrant crisis. Police said the 30-year-old man died in an early morning gunfight between two groups of human traffickers in Teknaf near Bangladesh’s border with Myanmar.

The area is home to 32,000 registered Rohingya refugees who are sheltering in two camps, as well as between 200,000 and 300,000 undocumented Rohingya. “He was charged with at least three human trafficking offences and his name was in the list of human traffickers prepared by the home ministry,” local police chief Ataur Rahman told AFP, referring to the dead suspect, who he identified only as Amanullah.

However, a Rohingya community leader in the Nayapara refugee camp said Amanullah, a resident of the camp, had been shot dead while in police custody.

“Police arrested him at 4:00pm on Sunday and this morning they shot him dead in cold blood near a road,” the leader said, speaking on condition of anonymity.