On 17 April 2011 Bangladesh army backed Muslim settlers attacked the indigenous Buddhist people at Ramgarh leaving at least 2 indigenous people dead and scores injured and missing. The aim of the attack was to drive out the indigenous Buddhists and grab their land. The indigenous victims live in open ground after their homes were burnt down by the Muslim settlers.

Bangladesh army rob indigenous people in Naniachar

On 21 Sept 1994, Bangladesh army from the Lakshmichari Military Zone led by Col. Mahatab raided Jorbua Mahajan Para village in Naniachar, Rangamati. Bangladesh army robbed the indigenous villagers en masse. Some of the indigenous victims are:

1. Mr. Mridul Chakma (28), son of Mr. Lakshmi Kumar Chakma. Bangladesh army robbed 650 kg of paddy, 2 aluminium pitchers, 25 kg of rice, all utensils, 1 quilt and so forth.
2. Mr. Shanti Ram Chakma (60), son of Mr. Gula Moni Chakma. Bangladesh army robbed 40 kg of paddy, 5 blankets, 2 aluminium pitchers and so forth.
3. Mr. Nibul Chandra Chakma (50), son of Mr. Kandara Chakma. Bangladesh army robbed 180 pumpkins from him.
4. Mr. Nanda Chakma (50), son of Mr. Bakkonya Chakma. Bangladesh army robbed 550 kg of paddy, all new clothes and so forth.
5. Mr. Nila Moni Chakma, son of Mr. Nanda Chakma.

India was partitioned on the basis of religion in 1947. 98.5% of the CHT population was non-Muslim during the partition. The indigenous people of CHT opted to join either India or Burma. But Muslim League conspired with the Boundary Commission and illegally annexed CHT with East Pakistan in violation of the principle of partition. Successive Bangladesh governments have been sponsoring Muslim settlers from plain land to dilute the indigenous people of CHT.

Bangladesh army's role is to protect the Muslim settlers and carry out massacre, land grab, rape, religious persecution and ethnic cleansing against indigenous Buddhist, Hindu and Animist people in CHT.

Bangladesh army restricts access to Chittagong Hill Tracts to foreign media and tourists. According to IWGIA, Bangladesh army and DGFI train and harbour Islamic extremists in CHT to launch terrorist attack against Myanmar.

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