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 Rifles harass an indigenous Buddhist man in Barkal

On 5 November 1995, BDR (Bangladesh Rifles) personnel from the Saichal Jalim Para BDR Camp laid in wait at a road side in Barkal to capture a group of the Shanti Bahini personnel. At that time Mr. Tripura Kanti Chakma of Bamer Guichari village was passing through the same road. The BDR arrested him on suspicion of being a member of the Shanti Bahini, although he was unarmed and innocent civilian.

Bangladesh army can arbitrarily detain, interrogate and torture any indigenous person in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. Bangladesh army requires no warrant, suspicion is enough to harass the indigenous people. Bangladesh army is driving out indigenous Buddhist, Hindu and Christian tribes from Chittagong Hill Tracts and settling Muslim settlers in their villages. Their aim is to Islamize Chittagong Hill Tracts by terror.

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