On 28 January 2012 Bangladesh army backed Muslim settlers attacked a Buddhist temple at Bilaichari of Rangamati. The Muslim settlers broke images of Lord Buddha and plundered valuables of the temple. The attack was in response to the killing of Mohamed Shah Alam (45) on 27 January 2012 by unidentified miscreants. Buddhist monks gather in a meeting after the attack.

Bangladesh army arrest indigenous Buddhists in Jurachari

On l2 Oct 1994, Bangladesh army of Jurachari camp attacked Gondhachara village in Jurachari, Rangamati. Bangladesh army arrested following 2 indigenous people and sent them to Rangamati Brigade camp:

1. Mr. Lakshmi Moy Chakma (22), son of Mr. Shukra Das Chakma
2. Mr. Lakshmi Kumar Chakma (25), son of Mr. Hegera Chakma

Their fate was unknown till this report was written.

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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