On 5 April 2017, Bangladesh army arrested Romel Chakma (19) from Naniarchar Bazar in Rangamati district. Bangladesh army took him to Naniarchar zone headquarters. Lt. Col. Bahalul Alam and Major Tanvir inhumanly tortured him. On 19 April 2017 at 2:00 pm Romel Chakma died during treatment under police custody in Chittagong Medical College hospital. When Romel Chakma's parents and relatives were taking his dead body by boat from Burighat bazar to Hatimara village on 20 April, Bangladesh army snatched the dead body from Ronnel Chakma's relatives at gun point and burned the dead body to ashes in a secret place to destroy evidence.

Bangladesh army murder an indigenous Bawm man in Ruma

On 22 April 2024, a group of army abducted an innocent student named Lal Rem Ruat Bawm (21) from his house and dressed him in KNF uniform and shot him dead in cold blood. In the evening, the victim was falsely labelled as an armed member of the KNF in a statement issued by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Assistant Director Rashedul Alam Khan.

It was falsely stated in the statement of the army that, “the operation of the joint forces with the army against the KNF is going on. During the operation, there was shootout with the terrorists. At this, an armed member of KNF was killed. Various materials including weapons and ammunitions have been recovered.

The prey of murder Lal Rem Ruat Bawm was a BA (Hons) student of Bandarban Government College. He was from Sunsong Para of Ruma. His father Lalthuaitelong Bawm is known to be the headman of the local Mouza.

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