News No. 98/2013, Tuesday, August 06, 2013
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ARMED gang loyal to Santu Larma, president of his faction of the Jana
Samhati Samiti, shot and wounded Samadananda Chakma alias Simon in
Dighinala, Khagrachari.
Simon,
45, younger brother of JSS M. N. Larma faction general secretary
Tatindra Lal Chakma, was shot at near his home at College Gate area in
Dighinala Sadar at about 8pm Monday, yesterday.
He was returning home after work. The Santu group terrorists, who waylaid him, fled the scene after the incident.
He was admitted to Khagrachari Sadar Hospital in a critical condition.
The
shooting incident comes two days after Bengali settlers attacked Jumma
villages at Taindong, Matiranga, torching several hundred houses and
forcing 3 thousand people to seek refuge in the Indian state of Tripura.
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