On 19-20 February 2010 Bangladesh army backed Muslim settlers attacked the indigenous Buddhist people at Baghaichari. Many indigenous houses were burnt down including Buddhist temples. The aim of the attack was to drive out the indigenous Chakma Buddhists and grab their land. Members of the Bangladesh army in CHT.

Bangladesh army attack indigenous Buddhist villagers in Baghaichari

On 13 March 1996, Bangladesh army attacked indigenous Buddhist villagers of Lallyaghona and Ugolchari in Baghaichari.

A tense situation has been prevailing in Baghaichari since the missing of 3 Muslim settlers since 28 February 1996. In order to quell the situation, a meeting between representatives of both indigenous people and Muslim settlers was held on 12 March 1996 presided over by Rangamati district administration. "Committee for Communal Harmony" was formed at the meeting to restore normalcy and preserve communal harmony in the area. It was also decided that two communities would refrain from attacking each other and all disputes arising between them should be mitigated through the above mentioned committee.

Bangladesh Army was also informed about the decisions taken at the meeting and was asked to cooperate in preserving communal harmony. But in defiance of the said decision, Bangladesh army led by Leut. Ferdous attacked 2 indigenous villages, namely Lallyaghona and Ugolchari in Baghaichari. During the attack the Bangladesh army set ablaze 7 houses at Lallyaghona and beat 9 indigenous Buddhist villagers at Ugolchari.

Name of the indigenous Buddhist villagers tortured at Ugolchari:

1. Bijoy Dutt Chakma(25), son of Bipin Kumar Chakma
2. Shankar Chakma, son of Suro Kumar Chakma
3. Hemol Dutt Chakma (2l), son of Bipin Kumar Chakma
4. Alomoy Chakma (20), son of Suresh Chandra Chakma
5. Subhashish Chakma, son of Suresh Kumar Chakma
6. Ram Chakma (18), son of Ranga Choga Chakma
7. Biro Banshi Chakma, son of Lolit Chandra Chakma
8. Iron Chakma (12), son of Sontosh Jiban Chakma
9. Junu Dutt Chakma (18), son of Bipin Kumar Chakma

Names of the indigenous people whose houses were burnt down at Lallyaghoma:

1. Joy Kumar Chakma, son of Lalit Chandra Chakma
2. Tasmir Chakma, son of Sadhan Kumar Chakma
3. Kripa Mohan Chakma, son of Jagat Chandra Chakma
4. Nani Gopal Chakma, son of Borpeda Chakma
5. Bata Chakma, son of Chikko Chakma
6. Dadhi Chakma, son of Tarani Mohan Chakma

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