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 harass indigenous Buddhist people in Rowangchari

On 21 October 1995, Bangladesh army troops of several camps of Bandarban Brigade conducted search and destroy operations in the villages of Chijipara, Noapatong, Latajhiri Para, Noa Para, Talukdar Para, Kaintamukh Para, Lapaimukh Para, Paglachara, Chingya Mukh Para, Bar Shila and so on of Rowangchari, Bandarban. Bangladesh army found no trace of the Shanti Bahini. Having failed to capture any Shanti Bahini member, the army rounded up many innocent indigenous Buddhist people, interrogated and harassed them.

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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