News No.160/2015:
Friday, October 16, 2015
A JUMMA villager has
been wounded in a settler attack in Maischari of Mahalchari Upazila, according
to sources.
A group of settlers
carried out the attack at 10am today when Sneha Kumar Chakma, a former member
of Maischari Union Council, and other villagers cutting down trees in his own
grove in Pagojya-chari Bhitor Para (also known as South Joysen Para).
The attack left
Basanta Chakma, 30, son of Noaram Chakma seriously wounded.
He has been admitted
to Mahalchari Health Complex with head injuries, eyewitnesses said.
The Bengali settlers
from Joysen Para also beat up two other Jummas -- Ajit Chakma son of Gopal
Krishna Chakma and Prem Ranjan Chakma son of Rajani Kumar Chakma.
Some of the attackers
have been identified as Md. Salam son of Md. Sohrab and his son Md. Enamul, Md.
Jahangir Alam son of Mujibul Haq and his two brothers, Md. Alamgir and Md.
Zahedul Alsm.
After being informed
of the incident, the police rushed to the place of occurrence.
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