On 17 April 2011 Bangladesh army backed Muslim settlers attacked the indigenous Buddhist people at Ramgarh leaving at least 2 indigenous people dead and scores injured and missing. The aim of the attack was to drive out the indigenous Buddhists and grab their land. Indigenous Buddhist girl Mithu Marma (13) was seriously injured in the attack.

Bangladesh army abduct an indigenous man in Rangamati

On 3 July 1991, Bangladesh army abducted an indigenous Buddhist man in Rangamati.

Mr. Anil Bikash Chakma of Shukna Chari in Laxmichari, Khagrachari district went to appear in a job interview at CHT Development Board in Rangamati. Just before appearing in the interview, the Force Intelligence (FI) personnel asked him to go to the office of the Superintendent of Police in Rangamati.

From that very day his whereabouts is not known and his relatives could not trace him till today. It is assumed that Bangladesh army abducted, brutally tortured and killed him. Bangladesh army abduction and murder of indigenous people is commonplace in CHT whose dead bodies are never found.

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