News No. 27/2018 : Sunday, March 4, 2018
THE army on Saturday burned down two houses belonging to two poor
Jumma villagers in Midingachari under Ward No. 7 in Sajek Union of Baghaichari
Upazila in Rangamati district.
Amulyo Roton Chakma son of late Laxmidhon Chakma and Sonadhon
Chakma son of Monu Ranjon Chakma and their family members were away in the
jungle to collect Phuljharoo (a kind of shrub with which
floors are swept) when the soldiers from Baghaihat zone torched their houses.
‘The incident took place at 3:30 p. m. A group of army went there
and burned the houses on the pretext that they were ‘empty’, an eyewitness
told chtnews.com.
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