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News No. 116/2013,
Tuesday, October 01, 2013
THE military-backed
Borkha Party terrorists shot and wounded a villager in Matiranga under
Khagrachari district.
The shooting took
place at about 8:30pm yesterday, 30 September, in the village of Richai
Chowdhury Para in Bat-toli area.
The victim, Kongjaw
Pru Chowdhury, 35, son of late Kongyo Chowdhury, was having dinner at his home
when four Borkha Party men led by Chaila Pru Marma went there and requested for
drinking water.
When Kongjaw Pru
Chowdhury went out to serve them water, the terrorists shot at him multiple
times, leaving him seriously wounded. He sustained injuries to his hand, neck
and waist.
Taking him for dead,
the Borkha terrorists fled the scene in the direction of Budung Para.
A little later the
army appeared and recovered Kongjaw Pru Chowdhury, who was then rushed to Chittagong Medical College and
Hospital in a critical condition.
According to
villagers, the incident might be a sequel to a longstanding feud between
Kongjaw Pru Chowdhury and Chaila Pru Marma, which reached a feverish pitch
during the last Union Council elections over who would stand for the post of
member.
Chaila wanted to have
his brother stand for the election which was opposed and challenged by Kongjaw.
Eventually both Kongjaw and Chaila’s brother lost, and Chaila joined the Borkha
Party to avenge the defeat.
Many in the village
view the shooting and attempted murder is an act of retribution by Chaila.
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