Three innocent villagers arrested in Karallyachari
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News No. 13/2009, March 16, 2009
Three innocent Jumma villagers were arrested by army yesterday from
Sarnath Arannyo Kuthir area in Karallyachari under Mahalchari Upazila
in Khagrachari district.
Warrant Officer, Md. Wahid of 13 Bir, stationed at Sarnath Arannyo
Kuthir, made the arrests at 9am while they were sawing logs in the
Kuthir (Buddhist temple) area.
The arrested have been identified as Shanti Ranjan Chakma, 45, s/o
late Ram Charan Chakma, Amar Singh Chakma, 40, s/o Biro Sen Chakma and
America Chakma, 45, s/o Kalabiza Chakma. They are from the village of
Karallyachari.
The army handed them over to the police station in Mahalchari.
However, no case has yet been filed against them, said Sunil Jibon
Chakma, ex-chairman of Kyang-ghat Union Council.
He further said newly-elected Mahalchari Upazila Chairman, Mr. Sona
Ratan Chakma contacted the Mahalchari zone headquarters of the army
yesterday and pleaded for their release; but his request went
unheeded.
“I have heard that there will be a meeting this morning at 10am at
Karallyachari where the issue will be discussed. Sona Ratan Chakma and
army officers are expected to attend this meeting.” Mr. Sunil said.
During the state of emergency in 2007 and 2008, the army and settlers
made repeated attempts to capture the Kuthir’s 8 acres of land and its
adjacent areas. The local administration imposed section 145 in the
area prohibiting the gathering of people and banning uplift work in
the Kuthir.
Army personnel have been deployed to the area since January.
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UPDF leader’s house searched in Kudukchari, one arrested
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News No. 14/2009, March 16, 2009
The army has searched the house of a central committee member of the
United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) at Kudukchari and arrested a
neighbor, sources in Rangamati said.
A group of army personnel from Kudukchari camp raided the house of
Ananda Prakash Chakma, a member of the central committee of the UPDF,
in the village of Pora Adam today at 5:45pm.
The house lies within 250 yards of the camp, near Kudukchari bazaar.
The soldiers turned the house upside down, searching for firearms or
incriminating materials, but found none.
Mr. Ananda Prakash Chakma was not at home during the search, and the
army personnel interrogated his wife Monica Chakma about his
whereabouts.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers were accompanied by a person with a
bandanna covering his face.
“The masked man stood at a corner of the house and talked something
into the ears of a soldier.” said an eyewitness who refused to be
named for security reasons.
He said after the search the army picked up Tindukkya Chakma, 32, from
his house.
Tindukkya Chakma, an innocent villager, has a false case against him
and is on bail.
The army left the scene at 6:10pm.
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