News
No. 98/2012, Sunday, September
23, 2012
THERE
have been reports of fresh attacks on Jumma people in Rangamati while section
144 prohibiting large gatherings is still in force.
Two
Jummas have been injured at Kalindipur at about 11:15am
when the Bengalis pelted them with stones.
Another
has been reportedly beaten by some Bengali youths near Rangamati Sadar hospital
and is being treated. Their names could not be known.
Tensions
are running high, with Jummas doubting about neutrality of the law enforcing
agencies.
Army
has been deployed to Naniachar, Kudukchari and Kaokhali, and no protest meetings
are being allowed.
Shushovan
Dewan under intensive care
Dr
Shushovan Dewan, who was critically injured yesterday, has been placed under
intensive care at a city clinic in Chittagong.
He
sustained serious injuries in the head and got his hand fractured. He might
lose the sight in one eye, his relatives said.
Earlier
Mr Dewan was to be shifted to Dhaka for better
treatment; however the decision was changed at the last moment.
Reporting
time: 1:30pm.
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