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.

Rohingya infiltrators grab indigenous land in Lama

In March 2014, more than a hundred so called Rohingyas (re-patriated Muslim settlers from Myanmar) evicted and occupied 175 acres of indigenous land in Lama, Bandarban. The land includes villages and lands for fish farming, horticulture, forestry and rubber plantation. 74 indigenous families belonging to Mro, Tripura and Marma from six villages of Faisakhali union have already been evicted by the land grabbers.

So called Rohingya land grabbers belong to Laden Group and is supported by Bangladesh army. So called Rohingyas are involved in killing, rape, torture, and forcible religious conversion in CHT.

On 21 May 2014, the victims submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister of government of Bangladesh. On behalf of victims, 237 signatories made an appeal for quick intervention regarding this matter.

India was partitioned on the basis of religion in 1947. 98.5% of the CHT population was non-Muslim in 1947. 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.

Bangladesh army can arbitrarily confiscate indigenous people's land with the excuse of establishing military camps. Needless to say Chittagong Hill Tracts is one of the most militarized region on earth. Bangladesh army can harass and intimidate the indigenous people from these camps until indigenous people leave their villages and homes. After indigenous people leave, Bangladesh army settles Muslim settlers in their villages. Their aim is to Islamize Chittagong Hill Tracts by terror.

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