When whole country was celebrating the victory day of the country on 16 Dec 2014, Bangladesh army backed Muslim settlers attacked indigenous people in Bagachari area of Naniarchar to evict them from their traditional land. 50 indigenous houses, 7 shops and 1 Buddhist temple were destroyed. An indigenous woman picking up pieces after Bangladesh army backed Muslim settlers attacked her house on 16 December 2014.

Bangladesh army arrest an indigenous Chakma Buddhist in Matiranga

On 25 Nov. 1986, Bangladesh army of 32 EBR from the army camp at Guimara arrested an indigenous Chakma Buddhist at Guimara Bazar in Matiranga, Khagrachari district. The indigenous man is a village doctor and he was helping an owner of a pharmacy store. The victim is:

1. Mr. Sahadev Chakma (21), son of Mr. Mangala Chakma of Nakkya Para, Matiranga. He Was arrested, beaten and taken to the army camp.

India was partitioned on the basis of religion in 1947. 98.5% of the CHT population was non-Muslim during the partition. 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 in CHT is to protect the Muslim settlers and carry out massacre, extra-judicial killing, torture, detention withou trial, land grab, rape, religious persecution and ethnic cleansing against indigenous Buddhist, Hindu and Animist people in CHT.

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