On 2 February 1992 Bangladesh army backed Muslim settlers killed at least 30 indigenous Chakma Buddhists at Mallya. One of them was Chittipudi Chakma (6 months) daughter of Manek Kumar Chakma. Two bombs exploded on a river ferry at Mallya. The explosion killed a passenger and seriously injured the skipper of the ferry. The survivors swam ashore but the armed Muslim settlers were waiting for them and attacked the indigenous Chakma Buddhists - men women and children.

Bengali settler spread lie against indigenous people in Dhaka

Under the patronage of the Bangladesh Government various Muslim settler organizations such as Parbatya Gana Parishad, Bengalee Krishak Shramik Kalyan Parishad and so forth are mobilising the Muslim settlers against JSS, Hill Student Council, Hill People Council and Hill Women Federation.

Muslim settler organizations are demanding proper rehabilitation of Muslim settlers in the CHT. They are demanding cancellation of reservation system for indigenous students.

Muslim settler organizations are also engaged in making false propaganda against the JSS and the Hill Student Council inside and outside Bangladesh. For example on lO Dec l994, Bangladesh Manabadhikar Bastabayan Sangstha and Bangladesh Manabadhikar Samannay Parishad participated in a seminar held on the occasion of the World Human Rights Day in Dhaka.

In the seminar 2 organizations said that the Shanti Bahini had killed both non-tribal and tribal people in the CHT in violation of human rights and that the CHT Regulation of l9OO discriminated against the non-tribal people.

Needless to say Bangladeshi public media which are under full control of Bangladesh Government gave wide publicity to those anti indigenous people propaganda.

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