On 19 December 1986, Bangladesh army men gang raped Rita Chakma (13) of Nuaram Karbari Para, Dighinala. About 20 Bangladesh army personnel from the Viswa Ram Karbari Para army camp of Dighinala raided the indigenous Buddhist village of Nuaram Karbari Para in the morning. All the male inhabitants of the village were taken by force to cut the jungle surrounding the army camp. Bangladesh army encircled the village at 11:00 a.m. and on the pretext of searching entered the houses. Bangladesh army stripped all the women and the girls who were in their houses, and gang raped. Even the minors were not spared.

Bengali settlers attempt to kidnap an indigenous girl in Dighinala

On 11 October 1995, a group of Muslim settlers attacked the house of Mr. Chandra Kumar Chakma of Aparup Headman Para in Dighinala, Khagrachari district. Muslim settlers attempted to abduct his granddaughter Miss. Ringu Chakma (15).

At the time of her abduction, Ringu Chakma cried out loudly to alarm her neibours. Alarmed by her cry, the indigenous Buddhist villagers rushed to her rescue and released her from the grip of the Muslim settlers. The rescuers were able to identify some of the Muslim settlers-

1. Mohammad Alam son of Mohammad Ali Azam of Choto Haza Chara Cluster village
2. Mohammad Shahabuddin son of Mohammad Nuru Salam of the above address
3. Mohammad Sukkur Ali son of Mohammad Abdul Rahim of the above address
4. Mohammad Ali Azam son of Mohammad Siddique Fakir of the above address
5. Mohammad Abu Taher son of Mohammad Yunus of the above address
6. Mohammad Hanif son of Mohammad Jafar Uddin of the above address

Mr. Chandra Kumar Chakma lodged a case at the Merung Police against the Muslim settler following day. As part of the public relations exercise Bangladesh Police arrested only i) Mohammad Alam, ii) Mohammad Sukkur Ali and iii) another Muslim settler but released them immediately after they submitted swear notes that they would not do it again.

Bangladesh Police refusal to take adequate actions against the Muslim settlers prompted the Dighinala branch of HWF (Hill Women Federation) to stage a protest demonstration in Dighi­nala town on October 16, 1995. HWF presented the local Thana Nirbahi Offi­cer (TNO = Thana Administrative Officer) with a memorandum demanding the arrest and trial of the Muslim settlers responsible for abduction.

Needless to say, the TNO did not bring the culprits to justice indicating that the Bangladesh army had ordered the Muslim settlers to kidnap Miss. Ringu Chakma in order to rape her and then to forcibly convert her to Islam.

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