On 19-20 February 2010; Bangladesh army backed Muslim settlers attacked the indigenous Buddhist people at Baghaichari. The settlers destroyed many indigenous houses and Buddhist temples. The aim of the attack was to drive out the indigenous Chakma Buddhists and grab their land. A Buddhist monk surveys his gutted temple.

Bangladesh army desecrate Buddhist temple in Rangamati

On 5 Nov. 1986, Bangladesh army of 40 EBR from the army camp at Ghagra led by a Lieutenant desecrated the Buddhist Temples of Sukor Shari Para and Khamar Para in Rangamati. Bangladesh army destroyed all the properties of the temples and broke the images of Lord Buddha to pieces. The affected temples are:

1. Sukor Chari Para Buddha Vihara, Estd. 1986. No. 110 Sukor Chari Mouza, Rangamati.
2. Manik Chari Khamar Para Buddha Vihara, Estd 1970. No. 110 Sukor Chari Mouza, Rangamati.

India was partitioned on the basis of religion in 1947. 98.5% of the CHT population was non-Muslim during the partition. The indigenous people of CHT opted to join either India or Burma. But Muslim League conspired with the Boundary Commission and illegally annexed CHT with East Pakistan in violation of the principle of partition. Successive Bangladesh governments have been sponsoring Muslim settlers from plain land to dilute the indigenous people of CHT.

Bangladesh army's role in CHT is to protect the Muslim settlers and carry out massacre, extra-judicial killing, torture, detention withou trial, land grab, rape, religious persecution and ethnic cleansing against indigenous Buddhist, Hindu and Animist people in CHT.

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