On 2 June 2017, Bangladesh army backed Muslim settlers attacked 4 indigenous Buddhist villages in Longadu. Muslim settlers murdered an indigenous Buddhist women and burnt down more than 250 indigenous Buddhist houses.

Bangladesh police arrest indigenous man in Dhaka

On 2 June 1992, Amiyo Kanti Chakma, a photographer and member of the Bangladesh Photographic Society was arrested by the Dhaka police allegedly for having taken photographs after the Logang massacre. He was released at the order of the High Court on 2 December 1992.

However, the government nowadays mostly starts criminal cases against Jumma people in addition to SPA (Special Powers Act, 1974) cases, accusing them of being involved in anti-state activities and being a members or sympathisers of the Shanti Bahini.

Such criminal cases are more complicated and much more difficult to challenge in the High Court in order to obtain a release for people so accused. As a consequence in case of a release order by the High Court for the SPA case they still have to stay in detention for the criminal case. Since the appointment of the new government at least six Jumma people have been convicted, each of them to a long-term sentence of at least 10 years.

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