On 25 December 1986 at 6:00 a.m Bangladeshi army personnel from the Dighinala cantonment rounded up Mr. Baribindu Chakma (38) son of Mr. Jatindra Lal Chakma of Sadhok Chara, Dighinala. Bangladesh army tied his hands and then severely beat him. Bangladesh army men laid him on the ground and kicked him like a football. They hammered his fingers. He was released after 8 and 1/2 hours of torture. He took refuge in Tripura state of India.

Bangladesh army construct army camp in Matiranga

On May 2, 1995, the Bangladesh army set up a new Army Camp at Thangtung Para in Matiranga, Khagrachari district in blatant violation of the cease fire agreement. The new camp is under the control of the Guimara Military Zone.

There are military camps everywhere in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. Often Bangladesh army builds military camps by grabbing indigenous people's land. Bangladesh army harass indigenous people from these camps. They restrict movement of indigenous people. If indigenous Buddhist people vacate their homes and villages to escape harassment, Bangladesh army settles Muslim settlers in their homes and villages.

In 1947, India was partitioned on the basis of religion. In 1947, 98.5% of the CHT population was non-Muslim. 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 ethnic cleansing against indigenous people in CHT.

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