One of Maungdaw rich families is now refugee in Rohingya camp Daily Sun
Look at Deen Mohammad not like other common Rohingyas. He speaks clearly in Bengali. Moreover, his clothes are a little different from other Rohingyas. Deen Mohammad and his family lived in an area called Fakira Bazar in Myanmar.
The place is about 50 kilometers away from Maungdaw city. But it is under Maungdaw district. Deen Mohammad's father and grandfather were born there. He said that. Fakira Bazar is situated near the border of Ukhia of Bangladesh.
Deen Mohammad said there was a double bed made of wood in Fakira Bazar. The house is very large in size. It has a length of 45 feet in width and 24 feet in width. The common Rohingyas live in the house, Deen Mohammad's house is much larger than that. He left his house in Myanmar and now he has taken refuge in his Kutupalong Rohingya camp with his family. In September last year, he escaped from Myanmar to Bangladesh.
During his stay in Myanmar, his family income was very good. That is, he claimed that Deen Mohammad's income was better than ordinary Rohingyas' earnings.
"There were about two-three lakh taka in the month of Burma, twenty thousand thirty thousand rupees in Bangladeshi money," said Deen Mohammad.
He said that the family was quite well with this earning. Deen Mohammad's seven sons and one daughter. He lived in a joint family. With the help of his son's wife and grandchildren, 17 members of the family are now in Rohingya camp.
During his stay in Myanmar, his sons used to run a business with several shops. These businesses included gold shops, motorbikes, computer parts and mobile shops.
After having fled to Bangladesh in September last year, he received five small and temporary temporary houses in the capital city of Kutupalong. The length of each house is 10 feet and the width is eight feet. I do not know about the condition of his house in Fakira Hat of Myanmar, but he did not know anything about Deen Mohammad. When he escaped from the house, it was intact.
After killing two Rohingyas in their area, he also fled home with many other people after fleeing to Bangladesh.
"Someone says that our house has been burnt, somebody is saying, I can not say correctly, the life of my country is better, I am living as refugees abroad," said Deen Mohammed. He claims he was a member of the local union council before 2006.
Deen Mohammad said that during the liberation war of 1971, many local political leaders of Cox's Bazar, Ukhia and Teknaf region had taken shelter in their house for some time after crossing the border.
He has contacts with some local people in the Ukhia region of Bangladesh. After fleeing from Myanmar, many of them have extended their help to Deen Mohammad's family. That is what he says. During the liberation war of Bangladesh, he gave shelter to Bangladeshis in his house. But 47 years later, he could never think that he would become a refugee, Deen Mohammad
BBC Bangla report
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