On 12 June 1996 Bangladesh Army led by Lt. Ferdous abducted Kalpana Chakma (23), a human rights activist from her home at Lallyaghona village. Kalpana Chakma is still missing. It is believed that she might have been killed if she did not agree to marry Lieutenant Ferdous, the officer who led the abduction. Abduction of indigenous women is not unusual in CHT. Abduction and forced marriage of indigenous women are used as a technique to islamize the indigenous Buddhist people of CHT.

Bangladesh army gang rape inidigenous Buddhist women in Naniachar

On 29 June 1992 the Shanti Bahini attacked a road protection post on the Mahalchari-Rangamati road. In the attack two members of the army were killed.

In retaliation Bangladesh army, led by Captain Mahbub (8th Engg. Corps) from Naniarchar Zone Headquarters, raided the villages of Firingipara and Shankholapara in Naniarchar, Rangamati district.

Bangladesh army arrested 80 inidgenous people and took them to the jungle. 13 girls aged between 15 and 20 were gang-raped and 15 men were tortured.

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