News No. 114/2014,
Friday, December 19, 2014
THE Bengali settlers
held up 54 Jumma men and women for a few hours in Shilhaba Chara area in
Longudu Upazila on Thursday before the Border
Guard Bangladesh personnel intervened for their release.
According to sources,
the Jummas were temporarily storing their produce such as ginger, turmeric and
banana in a shop at Shilhaba Chara bazaar to be taken later to Subolong bazaar
on Friday, the weekly market day, for their ultimate sale.
At that time, a group
of unruly settlers held them up in the bazaar obviously without any reason
whatsoever.
Most of the Jummas
hailed from the villages of Kusumchari Doujori Para and Noapara of Barkal Sadar
Union and Khagrachari village of Longudu Upazila.
Some of the held-up
Jummas were identified as Jogot Jyoti Chakma, 40, Dari Chakma, 42, Pradeep
Kumar Chakma, 40, Satyo Kumar Chakma, Surendra Chakma, 16, Rintu Chakma, 18,
Russel Chakma, 15, Bimol Shushi Chakma, 33, Hegera Chakma 32 and Nedima Chakma
29.
Abdul Karim and Abul
Kamal Chowdhury, Officers-in-charge of Barkal and Longudu police stations
respectively, confirmed the incident, saying ‘It was a misunderstanding between
the Jummas and the settlers, but the BGB and Longudu Thana administration have
resolved the issue.’
‘There is no problem
there now’ he added.
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