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News No. 46/2015, Saturday, March 28, 2015
STUDENTS
and their parents are gripped by panic as the army continues its operation
following the alleged disappearance of a signboard it put up in Guimara,
prohibiting public meetings and demonstrations within two hundred yards of the
cantonment area.
The
singboard, put up on 11 March, was allegedly stolen by some unknown individuals
on the night of 22 March.
The
army has since been conducting search operations in the name of finding it out.
On 23
March, an HSC exam candidate, Lincoln Barua, 18, was arrested from Roads and
Highways Department area.
The
army released him several houses later on the condition that he would appear at
Guimara Region of the army every day at 4 p.m. until the singboard is
recovered.
On 26
March, the soldiers attempted to break into a house rented by students at
Darjeeling Tila.
On their
way back to the camp they picked up a number of people including Sagar,
president of Bangladesh Chattra League’s Upozila branch, and Samrat, Secretary
of Guimara Union Council.
However,
they were released the next day.
On the
night of 27 March, the army searched the house of Ulah Prue Marma (45) at
Rameshu Bazar and of Mongbai Marma (50) at Natun para
The
soldiers looked for their sons -- Babushey Marma, a student of class eight and
Kyojai Marma, a student of class ten in Guimara High School.
While
the singboard is yet to be recovered, the continuing army operation is badly
affecting the normal educational activities of the area, as the army suspect
that they might be involved in the alleged disappearance or theft of the
signboard.
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