On 2 February 1992 Bangladesh army backed Muslim settlers killed at least 30 indigenous Chakma Buddhists at Mallya. 2 of them were Bijay Chakma and Samiran Chakma, the sons of Saral Kumar Chakma. Two bombs exploded on a river ferry at Mallya. The explosion killed a passenger and seriously injured the skipper of the ferry. The survivors swam ashore but the armed Muslim settlers were waiting for them and attacked the indigenous Chakma Buddhists - men women and children.

Bengali settlers massacre 7 indigenous people in Kawkhali

On 30 May 1992, 7 indigenous people were killed and a Buddhist monk was seriously injured. Muslim settlers in collaboration with the security forces burnt down 40 houses at Dhalupara in Kawkhali, Rangamati District.

In a dispute over land between two rival groups of settlers, one settler had been killed by the rival group. Muslim settlers then spread the rumour that the person had been killed by the Shanti Bahini, which resulted in the attack on the indigenous people by the Muslim settlers and security forces.

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