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News No. 99/2013,
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
THE police have
refused to register the statements of two victims of the 3 August Taindong
settler attack as First Information Reports or FIRs.
On Mondy, 12 August,
Alo Rani Chakma went to Matiranga police station to file a case over the death
of her 2-month old baby boy, who died on 10 August as a consequence of the
attack, her husband Suku Moni Chakma said.
However, Assistant Sub
Inspector Jamal refused to register his case as an FIR, but recorded it as a
General Diary (GD No. 459/13).
Her child, Asha Moni
Chakma, died of Pneumonia, which he had caught while in Indian state of Tripura
seeking refuge.
The police also
refused to register the statement of Chikon Chan Chakma, general secretary of
Jana Shakti Buddhist Temple Management Committee, as an FIR and instead
recorded it as a GD. (GD No. 458/13)
He wanted to file the
case over the destruction and desecration of their Buddhist temple and causing
damage to, and theft of, the statues of the Lord Buddha during the attack on 3
August.
According to reports,
12 of the 180 suspects have been arrested in connection with the attack after
one Anil Chakma filed a case with Matiranga police station.
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