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News No. 43/2014, Wednesday, June 25, 2014
News No. 43/2014, Wednesday, June 25, 2014
AN
ARMED member of Santu group, Polok Taluker, has been wounded when the trigger
of his pistol was accidentally pushed during a motorbike accident.
According
to sources, four members of Santu group, including Polok, came to Babupara in
Baghaichari Sadar of Rangamati district in two motorbikes on Tuesday night and
lay in ambush for their opponents the whole night.
As
their enemy did not turn up, they came out of ambush at 6am on Wednesday, but
their motorbike soon met with an accident while returning to their base area.
Polok
fell on to the ground and the trigger of his pistol that was stuck in his
trousers at the waist was pushed and the discharge from the gun hit his leg.
Polok
is one of the 52 Santu group members and supporters who were seized by its
opponents in Langudu in February last year but were released a few months later
on the condition that they would not join the group.
But he
did not keep the promise, like many of them, and joined an armed gang loyal to
Santu Larma.
Before
the CHT Accord, Polok was a member of the now-defunct Mukhosh Bahini, a
military-backed vigilante group, which was created to counter the rising
popularity of the Hill Students Council.
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