“I May Be Killed Any Moment” 31 Describing the perpetrators, the woman said: I saw them running away from about 20 feet. They were wearing masks on their face and wearing short pants. ... I saw about 10 members [carrying guns]. Some were holding [short] guns in their hands, and others were carrying long guns on their shoulders. Some wore T-shirts, and some were in formal shirts.95 The woman also described rescuing the injured man before she and other relatives took him to the hospital. She said: “We took [him] to my shelter first and kept him for 20 minutes. The bullet hit his leg above the knee. It hit from one side and moved out from another side of his leg. He was bleeding heavily from his leg. … I just fastened a cloth on his wound.”96 Fortify Rights also spoke to a relative of Nur Absar who said he found Nur Absar gravely wounded after the militants shot him and rushed him to Chattogram Hospital in Chattogram city (previously known as Chittagong), where Nur Absar later died from his injuries. Nur Absar was conscious on the more than two-hour drive to Chattogram and shared what happened with his relative. The relative told Fortify Rights: [Nur Absar] was talking as if he was a healthy young man. His brain seemed sharp at the time. He explained to me the whole story. He described every detail to me. … The man who ordered the shooting is named Anam. [Nur Absar] told me his name before he died. [He] saw everyone and knew everyone [who perpetrated the killing].97 The relative continued: “RSO emerged in [the area] about four or five months ago. They were patrolling the camp with guns.”98 The relative told Fortify Rights about reporting the incident to the police, saying: “[Nur Absar] passed away at 7:55 p.m. [on May 29]. … On May 30, the police took me from the hospital to the police station. They asked me why he died; who killed him? I replied to them, ‘There is a group called RSO, and they killed [Nur Absar].’”99 The investigating police again called the relative on June 2, 2024. The relative said: On June 2, [2024], we were called by the [Bangladesh] police. It was me and [name withheld] who went to the police station. … We were instructed by the police to say, “An unknown group of people came and killed [them].” Yes, this is what the police told us to say. … When I was told not to mention the group RSO name by police. I told the police, “Sir, [Nur Absar] was not killed by an unknown group. [Nur Absar] told me who they were and what group killed him before he died. I noted down the names of the RSO members. ... This is happening every day. People are killed, abducted, and extorted every day. It is RSO.”100 Speaking to the media on the incident, a police spokesperson in Cox’s Bazar said, “One died on the spot, another died in hospital,” without identifying the RSO as the suspected killers.101 * * * On February 16, 2023, Abdul Rahim, a 38-year-old Rohingya majhi, was traveling to the CiC office in Camp-12 to attend a meeting with other majhis. While waiting for his colleagues, around 11:30 a.m., Rohingya militants shot him, critically injuring him.102 A witness to the shooting told Fortify Rights: 95 Ibid. 96 Ibid. 97 Fortify Rights interview with I.H., Cox’s Bazar District, Bangladesh, June 15, 2024. 98 Ibid. 99 Ibid. 100 Ibid. 101 “Gunmen Murder Rohingya Teacher and Student in Bangladesh,” Agence France Presse, May 30, 2024, https://myanmarnow.org/en/news/gunmen-murder-rohingya-teacher-and-student-in-bangladesh/. 102 Fortify Rights interview with D.H., Bangladesh, March 22, 2023. D.H. said: “It’s been almost five years since [Abdul Rahim] has been leading as the head majhi. He was working with the community. If there is any fighting between