News
No. 86/2012, Saturday,
September 15, 2012
MEMBERS of the Santu group beat four activists of the
Democratic Youth Forum last night in Bandar, Chittagong,
a DYF press release said.
According to eyewitness accounts, a group of Santu Larma
loyalists, numbering between 10 and 12, led by Bakul, Siku and Sumon picked up
Rupantor Chakma, Moni Chakma, Niku Chakma and Riten Chakma from M Ali Mansion
at Barrister College
area in Bandar Thana.
They took them to their den in Ambia Bhaban and beat them
up. The Santu men also seized their mobile handsets and asked them to pay Taka
10,000 each in 10 days, before setting them free.
Police conducted an investigation of the incident in the
morning today and filed a case against those involved in the incident.
The tortured DYF activists work at factories in Chittagong
Export Processing Zone, while the Santu loyalists are not engaged in jobs. They
are regularly paid by him.
The attack comes three days after a similar attack in
Bandar area in which five DYF leaders and activists were beaten and framed with
false charges of extortion.
The Santu men had been threatening DYF activists in Bandar
since 7 September when they formed Barrister College Area branch of the DYF.
They felt that they were losing ground, and became
desperate to retain their hold by resorting to their old tactic – physical
violence.
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