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UP member arrested in Barkal
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News No. 137/2008, August 13, 2008
The Bangladesh border security force, Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), personnel on 9 August arrested Laltu Lal Chakma, 45, s/o late Suresh Moni Chakma of Aimachara from Barkal bazaar. He is an incumbent member of Aimachara Union.
The BDR arrested him at around 2pm without any warrant, handed him over to the police and falsely implicated him in previously filed cases.
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Jumma woman raped, her sons tortured in Belaichari
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News No. 134/2008, August 10, 2008
A Jumma woman was reported to have been raped in Belaichari under Rangamati district on 4 August.
UPDF sources said at around 2 p.m. on that day a group of Bangladesh army personnel led by Captain Tanvir from Merangchara camp raided the village of Down Nuopara in Belaichari Sadar. The soldiers met Ms Shanti Devi Chakma, 40, w/o Lakshmi Chakma near the village and raped her.
They also beat up her two sons -- Ranjan Chakma, 20, and Rubel Chakma, 11.
The army men searched their house, destroyed the utensils and looted away the valuables.
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Two Jumma youths arrested in Dudukchara
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News No. 133/2008, August 08, 2008
On 5 August, two Jumma youths were arrested in Dudukchara of Pujgang area under Panchari Thana in Khagrachari district.
Sources said at around 1 p.m. of that day a group of Bangladesh Rifles led by Subedar Md. Azad form Dudukchara camp (38 Rifle Battalion) raided the village and arrested Tepantor Chakma, 23, of village Brazo Mohan Para and Nicholas Chakma, 20, s/o Bersingh Chakma of village Shanti Ranjan Para from a meeting of the Democratic Youth Forum.
Nicholas Chakma is the General Secretary of the DYF Shanti Ranjan Para unit while Tepantor Chakma is a student.
The members of the border security force took them to the camp, and thereafter handed them over to the Panchari police station on 6 August. The police sent them to Khagrachari jail.
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Attempted to rape of a Jumma girl in Rajstali
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News No. 131/2008, July 28, 2008
A teenage Jumma girl is reported to have been subjected to a rape attempt by an unnamed army officer in Rajstali under Rangamati district.
According to a source in UPDF, on 19 July, a group of army personnel led by a Warrant Officer raided the village of Magainpara under Ghilachari Union No. 3.
The army officer attempted to rape 15-year-old Ms Jika Rani Tonchongya when he found her alone in the house.
"He (army officer) asked her to cast off her dress and grabbed her", UPDF leader Soikat Chakma quoted one of her relatives as saying.
"She screamed, somehow freed herself and ran out of the house." he said.
Her father's name is late Dharon Moni Tonchongya and mother's name Mrs. Kalachogh Tonchongya.
Fresh tension over land grabbing in Sajek
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News No. 130/2008, July 27, 2008
Fresh tension over land grabbing has been reported from Sajek in Baghaichari Upazila of Rangamati district where 77 Jumma houses had been burnt down in an army-settler joint attack over three months earlier, on 20 April.
Sources said tension started brewing afresh when the settlers resumed construction of houses on Jumma people's lands over a month ago. The Jumma villagers lodged protests a number of times against the move of the settlers, but to no avail.
Frustrated by the continuous failure of the army and the civil administration to stop the illegal occupation of their lands, hundreds of Jumma villagers yesterday (26 July) between 10 a.m. to 12 noon destroyed some newly built illegal houses of the settlers at Gangaram dore.
After that, the settlers proceeded towards Jumma villages to mount an attack but they were repulsed.
However, a few minutes later they staged a come-back along with a group of army personnel.
Tension has been running high in the area since then, Ricoh Chakma, president of the Hill Student's Council, quoted a villager as saying.
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Settler attempt to harvest in Jumma's land
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News No. 129/2008, July 26, 2008
A communal riot was narrowly averted yesterday in Longudu under Rangamati district when the settlers made attempts to harvest in a Jumma villager's land.
One source said Sagarbacha Chakma's wife in Baro Harikaba village went to harvest paddy in their land. But to her utter surprise and dismay, she found that some settlers from Bhaibone Chara had been cutting paddy there.
She made a strong protest and chased them away wielding a dao (a kind of knife) in her hand. A settler was slightly injured when she hit him with the dao.
Thereafter, a group of 15 - 20 settlers led by Nupur Ali (s/o Elahi Box, a VDP Platoon Commander) came back to mount a reprisal attack on the Jumma people. Apparently, the retreating settlers misreported the incident to their fellow settlers and provoked them against the Jummas.
When the settlers reached a village shop, they found a large number of Jummas already assembled there, a common sight in almost every village shop in the CHT.
Unaware of the incident, the Jummas asked the settlers what they had been up to. The truth came out when they talked to each other and a mutual settlement was reached.
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Two Jummas arrested, another two tortured in Rajstali
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News No. 128/2008, July 24, 2008
Two innocent Jumma villagers have been arrested and another two subjected to physical torture in Rajstali Upazila of Rangamati district on charges of providing help to the members of the United People's Democratic Front. UPDF is a political party of the Jumma people campaigning for full autonomy for the Chittagong Hill Tracts region through peaceful and democratic means.
Sources said army personnel from Rajstali Sadar camp on 19 July arrested Kanta Lal Tonchongya, 38, s/o Chakyo Bap of village Punorbashon Para No. 3 and Charu Kumar Tonchongya, 35, s/o Surjo Sen Tonchongya of village Mine Para on charges of providing food and shelter to the UPDF members. They were arrested from their respective homes in Ghilachari Union at around 10 pm.
Both of them were taken to the camp and tortured severely. Thereafter, the army handed them over to the Rajstali police station.
In another incident, on 21 July, army personnel raided the village of Mine Para under Ghilachari Union in Rajstali Upazila (sub-district) and tortured two Jummas on charges of providing help and shelter to the UPDF activists.
The victims have been identified as Rashikyo Tonchongya, 28, and Kalaya Tonchongya, 27.
chtnews.com is an independent and voluntary online news service dedicated to projecting and analyzing the current events in the Chittagong Hill Tracts from the perspective of the Jumma people's struggle for right to self-determination. For further information please contact at: chtnewsonline@gmail.com
PCP-DYF and HWF observe 5th anniversary of Mahalchari Mayhem
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News No. 142/2008, August 27, 2008
The Hill Student's Council, Hill Women's Federation and Democratic Youth Forum observed Mahalchari Mayhem Day yesterday in Khagrachari.
In a commemoration meeting held at Swanirbhor, the speakers said the policy of ethnic cleansing that resulted in numerous attacks on innocent Jumma people including the Mahalchari Mayhem is being pursued vigorously by the present interim caretaker government. The urged the government not to follow in the footsteps of its predecessor partisan governments.
Presided over by Ani Bikash Chakma, president of PCP Khagrachari District unit, the meeting was also addressed by Arpan Chakma, GS of PCP Khagrachari unit, Remin Chakma, a DYF member, Konika Dewan, organising secretary of the HWF central committee and Rina Dewan, president of HWF Khagrachari District unit.
They criticized the government for the failure to form a judicial committee to investigate the incident and for its attempt at cover-up.
At least 350 Jumma houses were burnt to ashes, two persons including an 8-month old baby killed and 10 Jumma women raped during the Mahalchari Mayhem perpetrated jointly by illegal settlers and the Bangladesh Army on 26 August 2003. Over 1,300 people in 10 villages were affected in the gruesome attack.
The incident provoked national and international condemnation, but the government of the day failed to punish those responsible for the attack.
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Two UP members arrested in Naniachar
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News No. 144/2008, August 27, 2008
Two elected members of Naniachar Union Parishad, including a female member, have been arrested from Naniachar bazaar in Rangamati district.
Mr. Sentru Chakma 35, (s/o late Bipin Bihari Chakma) and Ms Nirmala Dewan alias Niru (w/o Mongol Joti Chakma) were arrested by army at around 1p.m. today while they were returning from the office of the TNO after attending a meeting on law and order. Both of them are incumbent members of Naniachar Union Parishad.
Mr. Sentru Chakma (mentioned in News No. 143) is from Padachari village and Ms Niru from Hullyangpara village under Naniachar Upazila. The army handed them over to the police. Sources form Rangamati said Mr. Sentru Chakma has been implicated in a previously filed murder case, although his name was not included when the case was originally filed. It is not known what charges have been brought against Ms Niru.
Both of them are staunch supporter of the United People's Democratic Front (UPDF), and Mr. Sentru Chakma's elder brother, Mr. Bipulask Chakma -- who is now in jail -- is a member of the UPDF.
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chtnews.com is an independent and voluntary online news service dedicated to projecting and analyzing the current events in the Chittagong Hill Tracts from the perspective of the Jumma people's struggle for the right to self-determination. For further information please contact at: chtnewsonline@gmail.com
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