On 12 June 1996 Bangladesh Army led by Lt. Ferdous abducted Kalpana Chakma (23), a human rights activist from her home at Lallyaghona village. Kalpana Chakma is still missing. It is believed that she might have been killed if she did not agree to marry Lieutenant Ferdous, the officer who led the abduction. Abduction of indigenous women is not unusual in CHT. Abduction and forced marriage of indigenous women are used as a technique to islamize the indigenous Buddhist people of CHT.

Bengali settlers gang rape an indigenous Hindu girl in Ramgarh

On 14 February 2017 at around 11.30 pm, Muslim settlers forcefully abducted an indigenous Tripura girl (14) from her house at Rupaichara Para in Ramgarh, Khagrachari district. Later Muslim settlers gang raped her. Muslim settlers were identified as Mohammad Hassan (30) son of Bacchu Company and his friend. The victim was rescued after 2 days on 16 February 2017 from jungle.

Victim's father alleged that he informed member of local Union Parishad and Border Guard of Bangladesh about the incident on the following day of the abduction. But he did not get any kind of help from them. After rescuing the victim, local union parishad member organized an arbitration. But victim refused the arbitration and took poison to kill herself for fear of disgrace. The victim was admitted to Ramgarh Sadar Hospital and later she was sent to Khagrachari Sadar hospital for better treatment.

On 18 February 2017 Samacharon Tripura, father of the victim lodged a complaint with Ramgarh police station under Women and Child Repression Prevention Act 2000 (Amended 2003). After lodging the complaint, police arrested Mohammad Hasan’s elder brother but the main culprits are still at large.

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