On 24 April 2020, Mrs. Ronika Chakma, a pregnant indigenous woman from Jurachhari tragically died before reaching the hospital due to having been detained by Bangladesh army at Subalong Camp for 45 minutes on the way to Rangamati District Hospital. Arbitarary arrest and detention of indigenous people by Bangladeshi armed forces is common place in CHT.

Bangladesh army cause the death of indigeous pregnant woman in Subalong

On 24 April 2020, a pregnant indigenous woman from Jurachhari tragically died before reaching the hospital due to having been detained by Bangladesh army at Subalong Camp for 45 minutes on the way to Rangamati District Hospital.

The victim was identified as Ronika Chakma (22). Although her father-in-law’s house was in Barkal, but after getting pregnant she came to her parents’ home in Baherachhari village of Banjogichhara union in Jurachhari, Rangamati district. When the woman started feeling labor pain at around 3:15 am on 24 April 2020, the family members decided to take her to Rangamati.

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