On 4 December 2007 Bangladesh army backed Muslim settler raped indiegnous Buddhist girl Miss Ruikrashu Marma (10) when she was going to school in Ramgarh of Khagrachari district. Indigenous women and girls in CHT are in constant threat of rape.

Bangladesh army and police detain indigenous Buddhist students in Jurochari

On 9 September 1995, about 200 Bangladesh army and police personnel from the Jurochari Military Zone and Jurochari Police Station combinedly launch a campaign to arrest the HSC (Hill Student Council) activists.

HSC students were raising subscription at Jakhsma Bazaar to hold the annual conference of the Jurochari Branch. Bangladesh army and police encircled the bazaar, arrested 7 HSC activists, took the HSC workers to the Jurochari Police Station and detained them without charge or trial. Among the victims were:

1. Mr. Shankar Chakma (19), the son of Mr. Ashwini Kumar Chakma
2. Mr. Asit Datta Chakma (21), the son of Mr. Tejendra Chakma
3. Mr. Jnana Chakma (18), the son of Mr. Amalendu Chakma
4. Mr. Uma Bikash Chakma (17), the son of Mr. Jamini Mohan Chakma
5. Mr. Liten Dewan (20), the son of Mr. Prashanta Dewan
6. Mr. Mahita Ranjan Chakma (19), the son of Mr. Teneya Chakma.

Bangladesh army can arbitrarily detain, interrogate and torture any indigenous person in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. Bangladesh army requires no warrant, suspicion is enough to harass the indigenous people. Bangladesh army is driving out indigenous Buddhist, Hindu and Christian tribes from Chittagong Hill Tracts and settling Muslim settlers in their villages. Their aim is to Islamize Chittagong Hill Tracts by terror.

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