Bangladesh army restricts access to Chittagong Hill Tracts to foreign media and tourists. According to IWGIA, Bangladesh army and DGFI train and harbour Islamic extremists in CHT to launch terror attacks against Myanmar.

Bangladesh army backed Muslim settlers (so called Rohingyas) captured and abducted Myanmar army personnel from across the border and held them hostage in Bandarban district of Chittagong Hill Tracts. Muslim settlers beheaded 3 Myanmar army men soon after this photograph was taken.