On 2 February 1992 Bangladesh army backed Muslim settlers killed at least 30 indigenous Chakma Buddhists at Mallya. 2 of them were Bijay Chakma and Samiran Chakma, the sons of Saral Kumar Chakma. Two bombs exploded on a river ferry at Mallya. The explosion killed a passenger and seriously injured the skipper of the ferry. The survivors swam ashore but the armed Muslim settlers were waiting for them and attacked the indigenous Chakma Buddhists - men women and children.

Buddhist monks protest establishment of BGB camp on indigenous land in Bandarban

On 4 May 2014, the local Buddhist community of Ramjadi temple area in Bandarban staged a human chain and protested against land grabbing of Buddhist temple in Tarasa mouza in Rowangchari, Bandarban district by Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB).

The land which is earmarked for establishing BGB sector headquarters in Bandarban is originally owned by local indigenous people and Ramjadi Buddhist Temple. The monks of Ramjadi Buddhist Temple and local community have urged the government not to allocate the land to the BGB as several historical structures including Ramjadi temple, meditation center etc. are situated in that area.

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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