On 19 December 1986, Bangladesh army men gang raped Vira Rani Chakma (16) of Nuaram Karbari Para, Dighinala. About 20 Bangladesh army personnel from the Viswa Ram Karbari Para army camp of Dighinala raided the indigenous Chakma 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. All the women and the girls who were in their houses, were stripped by the soldiers and were gang raped. Even the minors were not spared.

Bengali settler attempt to rape an indigenous Tripura girl in Matiranga

On 26 August 2015, a Muslim settler broke into a house to rape a 16 years old indigenous Tripura girl in Matiranga, Khagrachari district.

The incident occurred at 2:00 am when Mohammad Gazol Hossain (40) entered the room where the victim and her younger brother were sleeping. The brother awoke after hearing sounds of Gazol’s footsteps and saw him. The Muslim settler lives in a rented house near their house at Chowdhury Para in Matiranga town.

The boy awoke his sister and screamed, drawing a crowd of indigenous boys living nearby. But by then Gazol had run away.

Next day indigenous youths caught Gazol, but the police took him under their protection. Indigenous youths alleged that the police were searching for them in connection with ‘catching’ Gazol. They fear that the police may use the incident to harass them.

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