In August 2007; Bangladesh army backed Muslim settlers broke into the boundary of Sadhantila Buddhist Temple in Dighinala and began clearing the land for erecting houses inside the temple boundary.

Bangladesh army desecrate Buddhist temple in Baghaichari

On 25 June, 1995, Bangladesh army of Kojoichari Army Camp led by Lt. Ferdous conducted a campaign in the entire area starting from Battali, Ugalchari of Marishya to Kojoichari of Baghaichari in order to apprehend the members of the Shanti Bahini.

Having found no trace of the Shanti Bahini, Bangladesh army attacked Jnana Indriya Buddhist Temple of Kojoichari village in Baghaichari, Rangamati district. Bangladesh army desecrated the images of Lord Buddha, robbed all valuable property, interrogated the monk and other devotees, and beat them up during interrogation. Among the victims were:

1. Rev. Amritananda Bhikshu, the abbot
2. Mr. Sapya Chakma (25), a devotee and son Mr. Narad Muni Chakma
3. Master Naga Chakma, a devotee and son of Mr. Uday Chandra Chakma
4. Mr. Dhanaram Chakma (50), a devotee and son of Mr. Sadhan Moni Chakma

In 1947, India was partitioned on the basis of religion. In 1947, 98.5% of the CHT population was non-Muslim. 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 is to protect the Muslim settlers and carry out ethnic cleansing against indigenous people in CHT.

Religious persecution and destruction of places of worship is commonplace in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). Religious persecution takes place in the form of torture, murder, intimidation of the Buddhist monks and deliberate and systematic destructions of places of worship.

There have been numerous incidents of forcible conversion in the CHT. Buddhist men or women who marry Bengali Muslims whether by choice or by force, have to convert to Islam. The Buddhist prisoners who are detained in Chittagong, Rangamati or Khagrachari jails are placed in cells with a majority of Muslims whose task it is to try and convert the Buddhist persons. The Buddhists who are captured by the Bangladeshi security forces are very often given the options of torture or conversion to Islam as a way to escape the suffering.

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