“I May Be Killed Any Moment” 33 The associate also shared how the Bangladesh authorities ignored Abdul Rahim’s request to stop working as a majhi after ARSA threatened to kill Abdul Rahim days before the attack. The associate said: This was five or six days before the attack. [Abdul Rahim] reported to the CiC and the police about the threats. [Abdul Rahim] didn’t tell me how they responded but said that the CiC and the police were aware of the situation. [Abdul Rahim] said he wanted to stop working as a majhi [and asked] if this would be a big problem, but the CiC didn’t let him. They didn’t let him be free [from his duties as majhi].114 * * * In another killing that happened in Camp-2 on March 8, 2023, members of an unknown group killed Mohammed Hossain, a majhi known as Kala Bodda.115 Fortify Rights was unable to identify the militant group to which the assailants belonged but spoke to two eyewitnesses to the killing.116 One eyewitness told Fortify Rights: He died on the spot. First, they shot at him in [the] shop outside my house, and they left him. Again, they came and, at that time, the majhi was trying to save himself and enter the house and escape through another way. … The [attackers] came again and hit him with a hammer, and he was killed. They shot his abdomen, his chest, and under his ear.117 The witness recalled that, at the time of the attack, the perpetrators told the majhi: “[W]e were looking for you.”118 The witness also spoke further about the brutality of the attack: “He was also hit on his leg with a hammer. I remember three shots, but there were more. They hit his head with a hammer, and his brain was coming out of his head.”119 Describing the men who attacked Kala Bodda, the witness said: “They were wearing T-shirts and long pants. They were wearing masks and covering their faces. It was difficult to recognize them because they were not wearing any uniforms.”120 The same witness said that members of an unknown group previously attacked Kala Bodda during Ramadan in April 2022. Another eyewitness to the shooting of Kala Bodda said: “I saw four shots hit Kala Bodda. After the shooting, I could see four bullets had penetrated him, one on his ear, one on his neck, one on his belly, and one on his rib cage. Four shots were fired in front of me.”121 The eyewitness continued: While they were shooting, they were wearing masks. They were covering their whole face. You could only see their eyes. They were covered with a black cloth. They had caps on. … I was 114 Ibid. 115 An eyewitness to the killing told Fortify Rights about majhi Kala Bodda’s role in the community: “As a community leader, [Kala Bodda] used to help people. He supported people to get their food properly. He ensured that in any distribution, people get their share. If there were issues within the camp or block, he solved the problem. He always used to solve any fights or complaints. He would mitigate problems. If people had issues with their shelter, he raised it with authorities as a majhi, as a leader.” See, Fortify Rights interviews with D.I., Cox’s Bazar District, Bangladesh, March 22, 2023. 116 Also in 2023, Médecins Sans Frontières noted a rise in the “severity of the injuries sustained as a result of violence, including targeted gun violence and stabbings by criminal groups.” Their team found an increase in gunshot wound treatments from 38 people treated in 2022 to 67 people in 2023. See, Médecins Sans Frontières, Behind the Wire: Impact of State Containment and Exclusion Strategies on the Rohingya, August 2024, , p. 28, https://doctorswithoutborders-apac. org/sites/default/files/2024-08/MSF-Behind-the-Wire-Report-2024.pdf. 117 Ibid. 118 Ibid. 119 Ibid. 120 Ibid. 121 Fortify Rights interview with C.C., Cox’s Bazar District, Bangladesh, March 22, 2023.