On 25 December 1986 at 6:00 a.m Bangladeshi army personnel from the Dighinala cantonment rounded up Mr. Baribindu Chakma (38) son of Mr. Jatindra Lal Chakma of Sadhok Chara, Dighinala. Bangladesh army tied his hands and then severely beat him. Bangladesh army men laid him on the ground and kicked him like a football. They hammered his fingers. He was released after 8 and 1/2 hours of torture. He took refuge in Tripura state of India.

Bangladesh army tortures an indigenous Chakma Buddhist in Laxmichari

On 18 Feb. 1989, Bangladesh army of 2 EBR from Laxmichari Army Camp led by Major Salim and Subedar Bashir arrested an indigenous Chakma Buddhist in Laxmichari, Khagrachari district.

Bangladesh army severely beat and tortured the indigenous man during interrogation. Bangladesh army accused him of supporting the Jana Samhati Samiti (JSS). He was released after extorting Taka 3500.00 (Three thousand and five hundred Taka). The victim is:

1. Mr. Sukamal Dewan, 20 yrs, son of Mr. Rebati Mohan Dewan, of Dewanpara, Laxmichari.

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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