On the night between 3-4 September 2009 Bangladesh army backed Muslim settlers killed Ponemala Tripura (50) wife of Bhibishan Tripura at Sindukchari under Mahalchari. The villagers recovered her dead body from their farm in the morning of 4 September 2009. She had a land dispute with the Muslim settlers.

Bangladesh army rape and torture indigenous Chakma Buddhists in Baghaichari

On 19 Nov. 1986, Bangladesh army of 41 EBR from the army camp at Karengatoli led by Major Abdul Bari launched a military operation against the indigenous Chakma Buddhists of Tulaban in Baghaichari, Rangamati district. During the operation Bangladesh army severely bean an indigenous Chakma Buddhist and raped an indigenous Buddhist woman. The victims are:

1. Mr. Dhonya Chakma (26), son of Mr. Biraj Mohan Chakma of Tulaban, Baghaichari. He was severelv beaten.
2. Mrs. Niharika Chakma (30), wife of Mr. Vijay Chakma, address as above. She was barbarously raped in her home.

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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