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Vira Rani Chakma
On 19 December 1986, Bangladesh army men gang raped Vira Rani Chakma (16) of Nuaram Karbari Para, Dighinala. About 20 Bangladesh army personnel from the Viswa Ram Karbari Para army camp of Dighinala raided the indigenous Chakma village of Nuaram Karbari Para in the morning. All the male inhabitants of the village were taken by force to cut the jungle surrounding the army camp. Bangladesh army encircled the village at 11:00 a.m. and on the pretext of searching entered the houses. All the women and the girls who were in their houses, were stripped by the soldiers and were gang raped. Even the minors were not spared.

Bengali settlers attempt to rape 2 indigenous Chakma women in Laxmichari

On 1 February 2015, 2 Muslim settlers attempted to rape 2 indigenous Chakma girls (20 and 18 years old) of Moishkata village under Laxmichhari sub-district in Khagrachari district. The perpetrators were identified as Mohammad Elias (18) son of Mohammad Robiul and Mohammad Zilhad (20) son of Mohammad Hannan.

On that day the victims were going to collect water from a stream near their homes at around 1:30 pm in the afternoon. At that time Mohammad Elias and Mohammad Zihad suddenly appeared in the scene and tried to rape them by grabbing them from behind. At that time the girls screamed for help. As a result local indigenous villagers came to know about the incident and rushed to rescue them. Meanwhile, the Muslim settlers managed to flee the scene.


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