News No. 112/2014,
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
ARMED men loyal to
Santu Larma made a failed attempt to set fire to the houses of two UPDF members
last night (16 December) in Babuchara under Dighinala Upazila.
According to sources,
a group of armed men belonging to Santu Larma faction of the Jana Samhati
Samiti raided
the village of Kiang-ghat at 10:50pm and tried to
set on fire two houses belonging to Montu Chakma and Milon Chakma.
The Santu loyalists
fired few rounds of blank shots to stir panic before setting fire and then ran
away.
But the neighbours
rushed and doused the fire, saving the houses from burning down.
The incident comes
barely 15 hours after an arson attack in Betchari of Rangamati district in
which 57 houses and shops belonging to Jumma people were set on fire by illegal
Bengali settlers.
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