News
No. 116/2012, Tuesday, October
23, 2012
A
MEMBER of an armed group belonging to JSS (Santu faction) was killed in an
encounter yesterday evening at Uluchara near Vedvedi of Rangamati town.
Five
others were also arrested by the army following the armed clash that left two
other JSS members, including the group’s commander, wounded.
A
resident of Uluchara told chtnews.com,
‘The army and Ansar personnel fired incessantly and bullets were falling like
rain. I was scared out my wits.’
He
added that the armed gang had just returned from an operation into a UPDF
dominated area and ordered the villagers to prepare meals for them.
The
area where the fighting took place is only a few hundred yards from Vedvedi
para-military Ansar camp.
The
army also recovered an automatic weapon, live rounds of bullets and an
ammunition pouch along with the dead body during the search of the area.
According
to a source, the arrested JSS men have been identified as Dipto Marma, Subash
Chakma, Anik Chakma, Gopal Tripura and Dala Chakma.
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