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No. 62/2012, Thursday, August
16, 2012
THE
military-backed vigilante group Borkha Party on Thursday abducted two villagers
in Manikchari under Khagrachari district, sources said.
According
to sources, a group of six Borkha Party terrorists led by Maya Dhan Chakma
raided the village of Dojori Thum at 2:30pm today and kidnapped them.
‘At
first they asked Swadhin Kumar Chakma whether he had any contact number of
Gopal Chakma, a UPDF activist. When he said he had, the terrorists began
beating him.’ an eyewitness told chtnews.com.
The
Borkha men then went to Sumanta Chakma’s house to take him as well.
Before
leaving, the terrorists asked their victims’ families to contact them tomorrow
in Laxmichari presumably to negotiate a deal for their release.
Swahin
Kumar Chakma, 30, son of late Potuali Chakma and Sumanta Chakma, 28, son of
Bhalukya Chakma are now being held hostage by the terrorists.
The
incident is the second in three weeks involving the Borkha Party, which
suffered a major blow when its ringleader Anil Chakma was killed in a
commando-style attack on 19 May.
The
attack left the Borkha Party utterly disorganized and it took it over two and a
half months to regroup and resume terrorist activities.
Although
the Borkha was created by the army to counter the growing influence of the
UPDF, the Santu group also found it politically expedient to patronize it.
And
at one stage, Santu group took full charge of the Borkha party, and supplied it
with arms and manpower.