The incident comes two days after a second failed attempt to repatriate the refugees.

Bangladesh police said they had shot dead two Rohingya refugees during a gunfight in a refugee camp on Saturday after the pair were accused of killing a ruling party official.

Rights activists said they believe the two Rohingya men were killed by police in what appeared to be a staged encounter.

The incident comes two days after a second failed attempt to repatriate the refugees, which saw not a single Rohingya turn up to return across the border to Myanmar’s conflict-scarred Rakhine state.

Local police inspector Rasel Ahmad said the two Rohingya men were shot and critically injured during a manhunt for suspects after Omar Faruk, a youth wing official of the Awami League party, was killed earlier this month, allegedly by armed refugees.