On 22 September 2012 Bangladesh army backed Muslim settlers attacked indigenous Buddhist people in Rangamati. When the indigenous people counter attacked in self defence Bangladesh army took side with the Muslim settlers. 76 indigenous people were injured and numerous indigenous properties were destroyed.

Bangladesh army incite Muslim-Buddhist riot in Baghaichari

On 27 February 1996 The Bangladesh Army personnel of the Baghaichari Military Zone arrested 2 Shanti Bahini men and a few indigenous Buddhist civilians with the help of Mohammad Ishaque, an informer of the Bangladesh Army. Although the PCJSS and Shanti Bahini men were observing the ceasefire. This informer went out again the following day to spy on a group of Shanti Bahini members who managed to arrest him on the ground that he violated the ceasefire by trespassing on the premises of the Shanti Bahini camp. Then the Bangladesh Army attempted not only to find an excuse to attack more Shanti Bahini camps and indigenous villages but also to start communal riots by propagating that the Shanti Bahini had kidnapped Mohammad Ishaque.

The false and tendentious propaganda incited the Muslim settlers to plan attacks on the indigenous Buddhists going to Baghaichari Bazaar and Hospital. The tension remained high for several weeks. As a result, the indigenous Buddhist villagers could not go to hospital for treatment nor could they go to the market to buy medicine. At that time Mr. Kamal Chandra Chakma (60) of Lalyaghona village in Baghaichari was seriously sick and he needed urgent medical care. Despite the local indigenous leaders' requests, Bangladesh Army refused to stop the Muslim agitation against the innocent and helpless indigenous people. As a result Mr. Chakma died on March 17, 1996, without medical treatment and medicine.

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