Rajshahi: Police detained a Rohingya young man from Meherchandi Madhyapara area of Rajshahi city on Saturday morning.

The detainee was Tousif Ahmed, 35.

Boalia Police Station Officer-in-charge Aman Ullah told news agency UNB that a police team detained Tousif from the area at about 10:00am after he was found moving there aimlessly amid rain.

Tousif could not speak Bangla and introduced himself to police as a Myanmar citizen, the OC said, adding that he fled Myanmar two days ago.