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 detain 2 indigenous students in Matiranga

On 12 December 1995, Bangladesh army personnel of Guimara Camp under the control of Matiranga Military Zone arrested Mr. Anil Chakma, the President of the Hill Student Council (HSC) of Guimara Branch, and Mr. Aungya Marma, the President of the Hill People Council (HPC) of the same branch and took them to the Khagrachari Brigade Headquarters where they were detained without charge or trial.

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. The aim is to Islamize Chittagong Hill Tracts by terror.

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