In August 2007; Bangladesh army backed Muslim settlers broke into the boundary of Sadhantila Buddhist Temple in Dighinala and began erecting houses inside the temple boundary.

Bangladesh Rifles torture indigenous Marma Buddhists in Thanchi

On 31 Jan 1995, Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) from Barmadhu camp in Thanchi raided Barmadakchara village in Thanchi, Bandarban.

Bangladesh Rifles raided the village at night in search Shanti Bahini. Having found no Shanti Bahini guerillas, Bangladesh Rifles severely beat and tortured 2 idigenous Marma Buddhists:

1. Mr. Okai Marma, son of Mr. Chaiaung Marma
2. Mr. Etamong Marma, son of Mr. Chaiaung Marma

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 in CHT 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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