In May 1986, Bangladesh army personnel gang raped Mrs. Subodhini Tripura (25) wife of Mr. Tripura of Rambabu Dheba, Matiranga and then attacked her with knife. She took refuge at Tripura state of India with her family. This photo was taken at refugee camp in Tripura, India.

Bangladesh army rape indigenous Chakma Buddhists in Panchari

On 30 Dec. 1986, Bangladesh army of 19 EBR from the army camp at Logang Bazar and BDR (Bangladesh Rifles) personnel from the BDR camp at Dhuduk Chara, Logang jointly raided the indigenous Buddhist village Tarabon of Logang in Panchari, Khagrachari district in the dead of night.

The whole village was encircled by the Bangladesh army and BDR personnel who then woke up the indigenous Buddhist inhabitants from their sleep by kicking the doors and entering the houses. Some of the inhabitants were brought out of their houses with beating and others with kicks. The men were subjected to severe beating, while the women were taken into the houses and raped enmasse.

Before leaving the village, Bangladesh army and the BDR personnel ordered the indigenous Buddhist inhabitants to abandon the village within a week and to build their dwellings near their camps. The helpless indigenous Buddhist inhabitants of Tarabon are now trying to cross over to India for refuge in order to save themselves from tortures and persecutions of Bangladesh army.

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