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News No. 97/2014,
Sunday, October 19, 2014
GANO MITRA CHAKMA, 18,
a member of the Hill Students’ Council, was arrested by police on Saturday in
Panchari apparently over the alleged theft of a rifle from police.
He is the third to be
arrested in connection with the theft on 3 October while the policemen were on
duty at a Durga Puja festival at Kuradiachara in Panchari Upazila.
On Friday, the police
arrested Shukho Moy Chakma, 40, a member of the M. N. Larma faction of the JSS,
which is widely suspected of involvement in the theft.
Earlier, on 12
October, Sushomoy Chakma, a member of the Democratic Youth Forum, was arrested
from Panchari bazaar without a warrant.
Gano Mitra Chakma, son
of Gojendra Chakma, was arrested from Kolabagan area in Panchari Sadar, again
without a warrant of arrest. He is an active member of the PCP Panchari unit.
It is not known
whether the police have brought charges against him.
Police and army have
been carrying out a joint operation to find out the lost rifle, searching
houses, harassing people and arresting innocents.
UPDF leaders in
Panchari expressed concern over the arrest and harassment of innocent people in
the name of operation.
“We want the rifle to
be recovered, but harassment and arrest of innocent people is not acceptable.”
a UPDF leader said, adding that none of their members is involved in the theft
of the rifle.
He said the theft of
the rifle from a Jumma police personnel might be part of a broader conspiracy
to deny the CHT a mixed police force.
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