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News No. 43/2012, Sunday,
July 01, 2012
ARMED
MEN loyal to Santu Larma have shot and wounded a leader of the Jana Samhati
Samiti (M. N. Larma) in Merung of Dighinala Upazila in Khagrachari district,
sources have said.
Priti
Khisha, 45, son of Purnosur Khisha was shot when he, along with his four
colleagues, was returning from a meeting in the village
of Joutha Khamar No. 2 in Choto
Merung.
Mr.
Khisha is the general secretary of Dighinala Upazila unit of the M. N. Larma
faction of the PCJSS, and younger brother of Dighinala Upazila vice president,
Supriya Chakma.
The
incident occurred at about 4pm today,
Sunday. The armed men lay in wait for them in the nearby jungle.
A
bullet pierced through his right leg below the knee, another through his left
ear, while yet another hit the chin.
He
was rushed to Khagrachari hospital but the attending doctors referred him to Chittagong
Medical College Hospital
for better treatment.
‘We
were on our way back home after the meeting when we came under attack. Three of
us were few meters ahead of Priti and another activist. It was by sheer luck
that none of us got killed.’ said one of the victims.
PCJSS
(M. N. Larma) condemned the attack as cowardice and blamed its rival Santu
Larma faction for it.