On 19-20 February 2010; Bangladesh army backed Muslim settlers attacked the indigenous Buddhist people at Baghaichari. The settlers destroyed many indigenous houses and Buddhist temples. The aim of the attack was to drive out the indigenous Chakma Buddhists and grab their land. Bangladesh police fight indigenous people whose land was grabbed by Muslim settlers.

Bangladesh army terrorize indigenous people in Mahalchari

On 15 January 1993, Bangladesh army led by Capt. Omar Farouq conducted search and destroy operation at Ultachari and Itchari in Mahalchari, Khagrachari district. During the operation Bangladesh army stumbled upon a group of Shanti Bahini and exchanged fire.

As a reprisal to skirmish with the Shanti Bahini, Bangladesh army conducted search and destroy operation from 16 to 19 January in Itchari, Ultachari, Mubachari, Lobachara, Dhelapara, Hazachara and Dhulyapara. During the operation Bangladesh army beat, torture and rob indigenous people and destroy indigenous properties.

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, land grab, rape, religious persecution and ethnic cleansing against indigenous Buddhist, Hindu and Animist people in CHT.

Bangladesh army restricts access to Chittagong Hill Tracts to foreign media and tourists. According to IWGIA, Bangladesh army and DGFI train and harbour Islamic extremists in CHT to launch terrorist attack against Myanmar.

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