On 22 September 2012 Bangladesh army backed Muslim settlers attacked indigenous Buddhist people in Rangamati. When the indigenous people counter attacked in self defence Bangladesh army took side with the Muslim settlers. 76 indigenous people were injured and numerous indigenous properties were destroyed.

Bangladesh army tortures an indigenous Chakma Buddhist in Mahalchari

On 13 Sept. 1988, Bangladesh army intelligence personnel arrested an innocent indigenous person at Mahal Chari Bazar in Khagrachari district. The indigenous man was arrested on false allegation of being a member of the Shanti Bahini.

Bangladesh army intelligence took him to the Head Quarter of 1st EBR, Mahalchari Zone. Bangladesh army detained and severely tortured the indigenous man. The victim is:

1. Mr. Prabhat Chandra Chakma, 47 yrs, son of Mr. Ranga Uda Chakma, of Ultachari Mukh Adam, No. 249 Kyanghat Mouza, Mahalchari.

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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