On 10 April 2024, Bangladesh army detained innocent indigenous Bawm men, women and children in Ruma and Thanchi.

Bangladesh army arrest and harass indigenous people in Bandarban

On April 13, at 9:30 p.m. Bangladesh army detained 6 Bawm students studying in different educational institutions in Dhaka from a Dhaka bound bus at Reicha army check post in Bandarban. The victims are-

1. Sangsingmoy Bawm (21), son of Lal Tin Khum Bawm, Village-Laimi Para. He is a student Dhaka International University.
2. Ram Jhow Kim Bawm (22), daughter of Lal Tin Khum Bawm, village-Laimi Para. She is a student of Dhaka Prime College of Nursing.
3. Sari Lalram Bawm (15), daughter of lal Kim Bawm, Village-Laimi Para. She is a student of Gazipur Panjura Girls High School.
4. Lal Lian Nuam Bawm (25), son of Haolian Bawm, Village-Laimi Para. He is a student European University of Bangladesh.
5. Roujalian Bawm (17), son of Bhanrau, Village-Laimi Para. He is a student of Dhaka Notre Dame College.
6. Thomas Lalram Tang Bawm (17), son of Lal Rin Sang Bawm, Village- Balaghata. He is a student of Dhaka St. Gregory High school and college.

Later, around 9:40 PM, Lt. Col. Md Fahad Faisal, came to the Reicha check post and interrogated the victims extensively. After interrogation, the students were handed over to Bandarban Sadar Police Station.

The next day (April 14), the arrestees were released except Lal Lian Nuam Bawm, a student of the European University of Bangladesh. Then on April 15, when Lal Lian Nuam Bawm’s father and Karbari Haolian Bawm of Laimi Para went to the Bandarban police station, the police arrested Karbari and released his son.

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