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News No. 35/2015, Monday, March 16, 2015
THE ARMY
conducted overnight searches in several houses in Sajek, in an apparent attempt
to arrest Jumma activists.
According
to various sources, a group of army personnel from Baghaihat Zone on Sunday
night raided the office of the Sajek Nari Samaj (Wonen`s Association) and Sajek
Land Protection Committee at Ujo bazar and searched for its leaders and
activists.
The
soldiers tore down the windows of the office, they added.
The army
men also searched the house of Milon Chakma (32), near the office and raided
the houses of Gyanendu Chakma and Jyoti Lal Karbari, president and vice
president of Sajek Land Protection Committee respectively, and of Supon Chakma,
president of Sajek branch of the Democratic Youth Forum.
The army
men tried to enter the house of Jyoti Lal Karbari, but his wife prevented them.
At 1:30
am, the soldiers searched the house of Supon Chakma, who was not at home at the
time.
They
bound his younger brother Dipon Chakma with a rope and took him out of the
house, apparently to arrest him.
But his
mother and other family members protested and the army left him behind. The
searches lasted more than an hour.
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