Dhaka: Members of Airport Armed Police (AAP) detained four Rohingya people, including three women, at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Sunday while attempting to fly to Indonesia.

The arrestees are Anwar, 30, Rokeya, 19, Marijan, 23, and Amena Begum, 26. Each of them was carrying Bangladesh passport, reports the UNB.

Sources at the Airport said the detainees were scheduled to fly for Indonesia via Kualampur by a flight of Malaysian Airlines at 12:15 pm.

The AAP members detained them from departure terminal around 11:00 am, said Md Alamgir Hossain, additional SP (Ops and Media) of the AAP.

All of the detainees revealed they were inhabitants of Maungdaw in Rakhine state.

Legal actions have been taken against the arrestees, he added.