Chattogram Correspondent, CHT News
Friday, 19 September 2025
While undergoing medical treatment in Chattogram, Suiprue Marma
(49), an organizer of the United People's Democratic Front (UPDF), was arrested
by RAB last Wednesday (17 September 2025) evening and sent to jail in what has
been described as a false case.
Suiprue Marma is a resident of Headman Para in Mubachari Union of
Mahalchari Upazila in Khagrachari district. His father's name is the late Sulai
Prue Marma.
According to sources, RAB-7 members arrested him at 7 PM on
Wednesday from a relative’s house in the Char Rangamatia area under Chandgaon
Police Station in Chattogram city. No illegal items were found in his
possession.
After being held in RAB custody overnight, he was handed over to
Bayezid Police Station on Thursday morning (18 September). He was then
presented before the Chattogram court under the Anti-Terrorism Act and Penal
Code, in what is claimed to be a fabricated case. The court denied him bail and
ordered him to be sent to jail.
The case under which he was shown arrested includes the following:
• CMP Bayezid Bostami Police Station
o FIR No: 42, dated 18 May 2025
o GR No: 227
o Charges: Sections 6(2)(e), 6(2)(f), 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 of the
Anti-Terrorism Act, 2009, and Section 120B of the Penal Code, 1860
• Khagrachhari Sadar Police Station
o FIR No: 10, dated 15 October 2016
o GR No: 342/16, dated 16 October 2016
o Charges: Sections 1, 353, 302, 34 of the Penal Code
Suiprue Marma’s family and the UPDF have strongly denied any links
between him and the ongoing case at Bayezid Police Station, which involves the
alleged recovery of “Kuki Chin Army uniforms.” They assert that Suiprue has no
affiliation with the Kuki Chin group and that this is part of a politically
motivated crackdown on the UPDF in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. They allege that
he has been deliberately framed in this false case.
Meanwhile, an investigative report by DBC News on 4 September
revealed that, although the recovered uniforms in Chattogram were labeled as
belonging to the Kuki Chin group, their actual destination was Myanmar and
Thailand. The report also mentioned that members of the security forces were
involved in the matter.
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