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Bangladesh army terrorize indigenous Chakma Buddhists in BaghaichariOn 18 Jan 1995, Bangladesh army from Korengatali camp led by Lt. Farid raided the areas of Dhallyamor and Kattoli to arrest the workers of the Hill Student Council. Bangladesh army searched many houses. The army surrounded the Kattoli bazaar and arrested Santosh Chakma (28) son of Mr. Surja Kumar Chakma of Kattoli village in Baghaichari, Rangamati. The indiegnous Chakma man was forced to agree on leaving the Kasalong area. The army threatened him with l4 years imprisonment without trial and torture. 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, land grab, rape, religious persecution and ethnic cleansing against indigenous Buddhist, Hindu and Animist people in CHT. Bangladesh army restricts access to Chittagong Hill Tracts to foreign media and tourists. According to IWGIA, Bangladesh army and DGFI train and harbour Islamic extremists in CHT to launch terrorist attack against Myanmar. Sources:PCJSS(Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti)E-mail: pcjss.org@gmail.com, pcjss@hotmail.com Website: pcjss-cht.org, ipdpcjss.wordpress.com comments powered by Disqus |