chtnews.com
News No. 109/2013, Friday, September
20, 2013
ANGRY villagers have rescued an
arrested activist of the United Peoples’ Democratic Front (UPDF) from a police
station in Sajek Union under Baghaichari Upazila in Rangamati district.
The incident took place Friday
morning (today). Local elected public representatives, village elders and
members and leaders of Sajek Nari Samaj (Sajek Women’s Association) went to
Majhalong police station and made a request to release Pintu Tripura, 26, a
UPDF activist, who was arrested by army earlier on Thursday night from
Majhalong bazaar without a warrant.
When their request was turned down,
the crowd rescued him from police custody.
“We politely asked police to release
him, because he (Pintu) is completely innocent. But when the police refused to
release him, we just took him away from them.” one of those present during the
incident told chtnews.com.
He said the army had arrested Pintu
from Majhalong bazaar at 11pm on Thursday (19 September) and immediately handed
him over to the police who locked him up all night.
The whole incident is reminiscent of
the days of the emergency rule of General Moin U Ahmed when military repression
and arrests of innocent people had become rampant in Sajek.
At that time Sajek Nari Samaj’s
women had put up fierce resistance against this injustice and rescued many
innocent villagers and UPDF members from army custody.
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