On 2 February 1992 Bangladesh army backed Muslim settlers massacred about 30 indigenous Chakma Buddhists at Mallya. One of them was Bablu Chakma the son of Manek Kumar Chakma. Two bombs exploded on a river ferry at Mallya. The explosion killed a passenger and seriously injured the skipper of the vessel. The survivors swam ashore but the armed Muslim settlers were waiting for them and attacked the indigenous Chakma Buddhists - men women and children.

Bangladesh army massacre indigenous people in Dumdumya, Maidong, Panchari

In December 1978 and January 1979, the Bangladeshi troops invaded a big area comprising Dumdumya Mouza (No. 150 Mouza; "Mouza" is an administrative unit which includes several villages), Maidong Mouza (No. 138) and Panchari Mouza (No. 137). The total area is about 175 sq. miles. It includes 50 villages with a population of about 75,000. Almost all houses including the Buddhist temples were burnt to ashes, many indigenous people were murdered, many women were raped, and thousands of villagers fled to the nearby forests where many people particularly children died of starvation.

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