News No.152/2015:
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
THE army on Monday
night searched the houses of three Democratic Youth Forum leaders in
Baghaichari, Rangmati, barely three days after a similar search on Friday.
According to sources,
on the night between Monday and Tuesday, at 1 a.m., army soldiers from
Korengatoli camp raided and searched the house of Chikke Dhan Chakma, finance
secretary of DYF central committee and an elected member of Bongoltoli Union
Council, at B-Block village.
Thereafter, the army
men extended their raid to C-Block and carried out searches in the houses of
Jyotirmoy Chakma, general secretary of DYF Baghaichari branch, and Bimal Kanti
Chakma, organizing secretary of the same branch.
The soldiers looked
for them and threw things around in the houses.
The soldiers failed to
arrest any of them and then left for their camp after threatening their family
members to arrest them.
The searches come
barely three days after a similar search of their houses on Friday.
Incidents of army
raids and arrests and tortures of innocent people have increased in
Baghaichari.
In another recent
incident, on 19 September, the army raided a village, took away nine Jummas to
the camp and tortured severely.
In protest, the people
of Bongoltoli Union announced a boycott of Korengatoli bazaar for an indefinite
period.
Korengatoli army camp
is commanded by Major Selim, notorious for anti-Jumma hatred.
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