Sunday,
July 24, 2016
THE army arrested two
Jumma villagers during a predawn raid in Gorukata village in Ramgarh,
Khagrachari district, according to sources.
Troops led by Warrant
Officer from Batnatoli army camp in Manikchari carried out the raid in the
small hours of Saturday, 23 July.
They surrounded the
house of Rangila Chakma, 60, and then entered and searched it thoroughly.
The soldiers also beat
up her 15-year-old daughter Anil Mala Chakma without any reason and took her
son Sunil Chakma, 18, along with them.
However he was released
after taking him a few distances from the house.
Thereafter at 3 a.m. the
army personnel raided her neighbour Sajik Chakma’s, 50, house and took him and
his son Padma Senn Chakma, 18, away after placing homemade guns in their hands.
According to
eyewitnesses, the army did not find these guns during the searches but they
themselves had carried along with them.
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News No.63/2016