Baghaichari Correspondent, CHT News
Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Members of the Bangladesh Army have taken up positions
inside three schools in Sajek and Bangaltali unions of Baghaichari upazila,
Rangamati district, prompting concern among teachers and parents that the
deployments could disrupt classes and unsettle students, residents said.
The first reported incident occurred around 3 p.m.
Wednesday, June 17, 2026, when roughly 30 soldiers from the Baghaihat Zone (14
BIR) moved into the Doujari Agalachhara area and later took up position at
Doujari Agalachhara Private Primary School. Soldiers remained at the school at
the time of reporting.
Residents said the troops broke through part of a
fence surrounding the school's field to enter the compound, despite a
designated gate nearby, and then settled on the building's veranda. Witnesses
said soldiers called out to residents in search of someone holding the key to
the school building; the village headman eventually had it delivered through a
local youth.
A teacher at the school, speaking on condition of
anonymity, said the fence had been put up to protect newly planted trees and
banana saplings from grazing livestock.
"Today, army personnel arrived and broke part of that fence to enter the school compound, even though there was a designated entrance gate to the field," the teacher said.
With classes scheduled to resume Thursday, the teacher
said the soldiers' presence could frighten students and complicate efforts to
hold lessons as normal.
"Students may feel frightened if military
personnel remain stationed at the school. It will also make it difficult for us
to conduct classes," the teacher said.
Separately, two army teams from the Karengatuli
Sub-Zone took position around 7:30 p.m. at Betagichhara Government Primary
School and Jarulchhari Junior Secondary School in Bangaltali Union, according
to local sources.
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