chtnews.com
Wednesday,
October 18, 2017
Three
innocent Jumma villagers including a village head (Karbari) were tortured
during military raids in several villages in Naniachar Upazila of Rangamati
district.
According
to sources, on 7 October, at 9 a. m., hundreds of Bangladesh Army personnel
from Khagrachari and Guimara regional camps carried out massive house searches
in Forest Office area, Ataro Mile, Jorbo Majhon Para and Tibirachari Para
village under Naniachar Upazila.
The army
said they were searching for UPDF activists.
However
affected villagers told chtnews.com that the soldiers went to
Tibirachari Para and asked Onaw Chakma, the Karbari of head of the village,
about the UPDF activists.
‘As he
failed to give any information about UPDF members, the army tortured him
physically’, an eyewitness told chtnews.com requesting
anonymity for security concerns.
‘The
Karbari fell on to the ground unconscious and when his son Kalo Bikash Chakma
came forward to save him, the soldiers beat him as well.’ he further said.
Then the
armymen went to the house of Sobbey Chakma, Onaw Chakma’s neigbour, and
tortured him in the same fashion.
The soldiers
also searched the house of Tapan Chakma, who was not available at home at the
time, and interrogated his wife Sushmita Chakma and Ritayon Chakma, a college
student, in the village.
The
soldiers threw away Ritayon’s books and other household belongings on to the
ground.
On
their way back, the army searched another house belonging to Anil Chakma in
Jorbo Majhon Para and smashed his household belongings.
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