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A report on the atrocious attack by the Bengali settlers with
the full backing of the local Army personnel on the Indigenous Jumma villages
of Mahalchari Upazila under Khagrachari district in the CHT Region
On 26 August 2003, Bengali settlers (Thousands of Bengali Muslim
brought in Chittagong Hill Tracts from the plains by successive Governments
mainly to counter the indigenous Jumma peoples struggle for self-rule) launched
a horrendous communal attack on the indigenous Jumma people of Mahalchari Upazila
under Khagrachari Hill District of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Region. As a
result, more than 350 indigenous Jumma households of 14 villages under five
Moujas have been looted and burnt to ashes. Moreover, more than 100 Jumma houses
including four Buddhist temples, one UNICEF run primary school, a good number
of shops and statues of Lord Buddha have been destroyed, ransacked and looted.
Valuables worth over Taka 30 millions have been destroyed. Two Jumma people
including one eight-month-old child have been murdered. Ten Jumma women have
been raped by the Bengali settlers. Furthermore, in this incident more than
fifty innocents Jumma people have been injured, of them nine are serious. Six
Bengali settlers also sustained injuries in the incident.
According to the report of victims and local Jumma people-
on 24 August 2003, the armed UPDF (United Peoples Democratic Front) terrorist
kidnapped a Bengali businessman named Rupan Mohajan (30) s/o Bijoy Mohajan of
Mahalchari Bazar area and demanded a ransom of Taka 500,000 (five hundred thousand).
On 25 August a group of Bengali settlers led by Ratan member and Usuf member
of Mahalchari Union Council, made a contact and held a negotiation meeting with
the UPDF to release Rupan Mohajan. As the negotiation failed to release Rupan
Mohajan, the Bengali settlers whipped up communal tension and in the afternoon
the Bengali settlers barricaded the Mahalchari-Khagrachari road protesting the
kidnapping. The Bengali settlers under the banner of Bangalee Samanway Parishad
held a gathering at Mahalchari bazar where provocative, communal and incendiary
speech was delivered by the Bengali settlers to attack the Jumma villages. In
that gathering, they also made a threatening declaration that the administration,
the military, the local police station and all are on their side, so they had
nothing to be scared. They also declared that if Rupan Mohajan was not released
the next day at 7:00 a.m. they should stage a programme of bonfire against
the Jumma people.
Meanwhile, Mr. Sui Nue Prue Chowdhury (Marma), the Chairman
of Sindukchari Union Parishad (UP) who came to Mahalchari Bazar on his motor
bike to inquire about the kidnapping and road blockade, had been confined for
the whole night within the shop of one Swapan Dokandar and severely tortured
by a group of frenzied Bengali settlers. The Bengali settlers also broke his
motor bike. He was freed the next morning. On the contrary, provocative, communal
and incendiary speeches by the Bengali settlers at their gathering made the
Indigenous Jumma people of Mahalchari proper areas including Babu Para very
panicky. In the evening, a Bengali settler advised some Jumma acquaintances
to be on their alert for possible attacks by the Bengali settlers. At that time,
a passing Army petrol party too gave out a threatening message to them. The
villagers passed that night amid anxiety.
Modus Operandi of the Atrocity
The Bengali settlers again began their same provocative, communal
and incendiary speech against the Indigenous Jumma people since the morning
of the next day 26 August 2003. The clock struck 8:00 a.m. The Jumma people
hardly anticipated that hell would break loose upon them in the form of such
a violent communal riot. They had a misconception that after all the administration
and law enforcing agencies were there to hold the wild and violent Bengali settlers
in check in the long run.
It was a market day at Mahalchari bazar. The Indigenous Jumma
people from different villages came to the bazar were prevented by the Bengali
settlers from entering the bazar. That was why they had to sit down on a nearby
road of Babu Para for selling their vegetable and goods. They, again, were forbidden
to sell their goods by the Bengali settlers and there was an exchange of hot
words between them. Thereafter, the Bengali settlers chanted provocative slogans
and brought out a violent and confrontational demonstration at around 9:00 a.m.
The Bengali settlers began to beat up the Jumma sellers severely and they went
on a rampage through the shops of the Jumma people indiscriminately. Then the
Bengali settlers in a form of violent demonstrating mob launched an attack on
Babu Para, a predominantly Indigenous Jumma locality. At this time, some UPDF
gunmen holed up in front of Babu Para opened fire on the attackers and four
Bengali settlers sustained injuries.
Thereupon the demonstrators shouted for other Bengali settlers
to join them in the brutal attack against the Indigenous Jumma people and with
an ill motive spread a rumour that the Indigenous Jumma people were setting
fire to Bengali settlers houses and killing the Bengali settlers. This rumour
made the Bengali settlers more and more violent and they came running in droves
along with Army personnel to join the brutal attack. At that time, Mr. Binode
Bihari Khisha was sitting at his shop close to the sluice gate area of Mahalchari
from where he was dragged out in the open. The Army personnel struck him with
the butt of their gun and the Bengali settlers hit him with lethal stick. Practically
he was beaten to death on the spot.
Simultaneously, hundreds of Bengali settler under the protection
of Army personnel equipped with daos (big knife), swords, spears and sticks
pounced upon the Jumma villages, took away valuables and finally set fire to
Jumma houses. They also snatched away jewelleries from the person of Jumma women.
First the Bengali settlers attacked Babu Para and Sawmill Para. Then, one after
another, the Bengali settlers with direct participation of military carried
out their attack on at least 12 Jumma villages under five Mouzas. In this incident,
more than 350 houses were burnt down and valuables belonging to more than 100
houses were looted and destroyed.
It is worth mentioning that the role of the Army, Police and
Civil Administration while this kind of atrocity such as arson, rape, killing
and wanton destruction was going on was highly condemnable. The Army personnel
belonging to 21 EBR invariably threatened every Jumma to shoot whoever tried
to resist the Bengali settlers attack. The Army personnel supplied petrol and
kerosene to the Bengali settlers to facilitate the arson. In certain cases,
the Army personnel themselves firstly kicked, boxed and tortured the Indigenous
Jumma people then they handed over them to the Bengali settlers for their final
physical abuse. A group of Army personnel of 21 EBR of Mahalchari army zone
together with the Bengali settlers of Mahalchari bazar, Sylhet Para, T&T
and Hospital area attacked the villages namely Pahartali, Bhuatek, Durpajjyanal,
Kerenganal, Hemanta Para, Thali Para, Rameshu Karbari Para and Chongrachari
Mukh. In all other villages the attack, arson, rape and looting took place under
the very nose of the Army personnel. It was learnt that one Bengali named Tapas
Chowdhury, owner of a Petrol Pump (Gas station) supplied petrol and kerosene
in a lavish style to the Bengali settlers for setting fire to the Jumma houses.
In the afternoon of the day of occurrence, Mr. Abdul Wadud
Bhuiyan, Member of Parliament and an avowed Bengali settlers leader, Mr. Humayan
Kabir Khan, Deputy Commissioner of Khagrachari district and Mr. Motiur Rahman
Sheikh, Superintendent of Police of Khagrachari district went to the spot for
inspection. It is very surprising that there was no attack by the Bengali settlers
on the villages of Lemu Chari and Noa Para area till their arrival at Mahalchari
Upazila Headquarter and moreover during their very presence at Mahalchari Upazila
Headquarter hundreds of Bengali settlers of Chongrachari Mukh and Pakujyachari
area were continuing their attack on two other villages, such as Lemuchari and
Nua Para. A lot of victims confided that Mr. Abdul Wadood Bhuiyan, on his way
to Mahalchari held a discussion with the Bengali settlers at Maischari bazar
during which he secretly instructed them to launch the attack on the said villages.
The victims also confided that the Bengali settlers with the participation of
Army personnel attacked the villages namely Kerengyanal, Durpujyanal etc. On
that day the Bengali settlers along with Army personnel went to the said villages
by engine boats and carried out series of attacks. Right after the Army reached
the village, they opened covering gunfire to scare the villagers away and then
the Bengali settlers started looting all the valuables and burned the houses.
Firstly, the Army personnel opened covering gunfire and thereafter
the Bengali settlers launched attack, this is the Modus Operandi. Ms. Sonali
Chakma one of the victims told. Dr. Pratul Chandra Khisha, a homeopath physician
of the village Babu Para told that they had taken shelter at Kengelchari Buddhist
temple where the military surrounded them as terrorists and at first the Army
personnel tracked down the Jumma people and then the Bengali settlers attacked
them with sharp daos, swords, spears and sticks. Minati Khisha w/o Nilachan
Khisha of Kerengyanal village stated that the women of her village while fleeing
by a boat were surrounded and beaten by the Army personnel. Moreover, Kabita
Chakma, Sabita Chakma, Pintu Chakma Koel Chakma and some other village folks
were forcibly thrown into the lake by them.
Ms. Jena Chakam, d/o Priyadarshi Chakma of village Sawmill
Para, a student of Graduation course told that her old and infirm grand parent
could not flee away. She feared them to have been killed and she had seen herself
their home was set on fire by the Bengali settlers. Ninety-three years old Jayanta
Chakma of village Sawmill Para stated that this attack was nothing but the continuation
of land grabbing spree of the Bengali settlers and the Government has always
been assisting the Bengali settlers. This incident was fully supported by the
military, his wife Kanakka Lata Chakma said. Nirupa Khisha w/o Pratul Chandra
Khisha said, While going to the temple I have seen the Bengali settlers burning
houses after they had taken away all the valuables. She also told that Polashi
Khisha w/o Sajib Khisha had given birth to premature twin while fleeing away
in panic.
Condemnation and Reaction
Even after the CHT Accord the Jumma people and the CHT peoples
are stunned at the brutality and magnitude of the atrocity. Many organizations
including Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJSS), Chittagong Hill Tracts
Jumma Refugee Welfare Association, Parbatya Chattagram Mohila Samiti, Hill Womens
Federation (HWF), Hill Students Council (PCP) have immediately protested and
condemned this heinous and barbaric attack. The PCJSS declared that this incident
was perpetrated to keep the political instability going on, to grab the Jumma
peoples land and to destroy communal harmony. The PCJSS also demanded of the
Government to resist the terrorist activities of and to ban the UPDF, compensation
to the victims and arrest and exemplary punishment of the perpetrators of the
crime.
The PCP, the HWF and the PCJSS brought out a protest rally
in Khagrachari, Rangamati, Bandarban and Chittagong against unprovoked and unilateral
atrocity on the Indigenous Jumma people. The PCJSS, on behalf of the mass people
of Khagrachari district submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh
on 1 September 2003 with the following demands:
- To conduct judicial inquiry into the communal attack
- To take necessary, speedy and statutory action against the perpetrators
of crime.
- To provide full security with a compensation of at least Taka
100,000 (One hundred thousand) to each of the affected family.
- To supply free ration for six months to each of the affected family
and immediate supply of books to the affected students.
- To take necessary steps to stop repetition of this kind of incident
in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.
On that day, the Parbatya Bhikkhu Sangha (Hill Tracts Buddhist
Monk Association) organized a silent procession at Khagrachari sadar protesting
against the communal attack and sacrilege. They submitted a memorandum to the
Prime Minister through the Deputy Commissioner of Khagrachari district demanding
judicial inquiry, re-construction of destroyed Buddhist temples, ensuring of
security of life and property, exemplary punishment of culprits and compensation
for affected villagers etc.
It is mentionable that the UPDF also in protest called a road
blockade from 30 August to 1 September 2003 in Khagrachari district. But almost
all the people in Khagrachari strongly condemned the imprudent activities of
the UPDF. Particularly series of abduction and terrorist activities by the UPDF
are providing a golden opportunity for the Bengali settlers as well as the Army
personnel to swoop upon the innocent Indigenous Jumma people of the CHT. Moreover,
the road blockade declared by the UPDF had created a problem in sending relief
materials to the affected villagers in time and it had aggravated the situation
further.
Arrest and cases by the Military, Police and Civil Administration
Soon after the atrocity on the Jumma people, putting all blames
on the Indigenous Jumma people the Army arrested seven Jumma youths including
Ronald Chakma (17) and Suman Marma (22) who were seriously injured by the Bengali
settlers. Recently under tremendous pressure from the public, the Army and the
Police had to arrest 47 (forty-seven) Bengali settlers. But the victims dismissed
it as an eye wash to assuage the wrath of the Indigenous Jumma people since
the communal attack was made with the active participation of the Army and with
the tacit support of the police the Bengali settlers committed the crime of
arson and looting unchecked in one after another villages. Experienced hands
on the subject believed that it was mainly a drama staged to divert the attention
of the countrymen.
On the contrary, after having committed atrocities with daos,
swords, spears and sticks on the Jumma people unilaterally the Bengali settlers
lodged a criminal case with Mahalchari Police Station against the Indigenous
Jumma people the next day on 27 August. One Md. Abul Kasem s/o Ashraf Mian against
17 innocent Jumma people has filed this false case in connection with gun firing
and concealing the dead body of Bengali settlers. On the other, soon after the
kidnapping of Rupan Mohajan, his father Bijoy Krishna Mohajan lodged a case
against the 15 Jumma with Mahalchari police station on 26 August 2003.
It is mentionable here that in connection with Babu Para incident,
Mr. Hafizur Rahman, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Mahalchari Police station on 27
August 2003 filed a case against 4/5 thousand unnamed persons and in connection
with Lemuchari incident he again on 28 August 2003 filed a criminal case against
some two thousand unnamed persons. Since no name was mentioned clearly in the
cases whether the accused persons were Bengali settlers or Jumma people, the
affected Jumma villagers had every reason to fear that the police might harass
them only at an opportune moment in connection with these cases instead of the
Bengali settlers.
In addition to these cases, on the 1 September 2003 Kishalay
Chakma s/o Kali Ratan Chakma of Lemuchari village filed a case against 44 Bengali
settlers to the Khagrachari Cognisance Taking Magistrate Court in connection
with the communal atrocities including arson, looting, sacrilege and destruction
of property. But, none of the accused had been arrested so far.
On 1 September last a special law and order meeting was arranged
by the Deputy Commissioner of Khagrachari Hill District. Surprisingly, a representative
of the UPDF which was responsible for the abduction of the very Rupan Mohajan
was invited to that meeting. There was a strong reaction to the invitation of
the representative of the UPDF and as such the PCJSS and the CHTRC representative
protested and boycotted that meeting. In that meeting an attempt was also made
to form a Peace Committee consisting of Indigenous Jumma and Bengalis.
But it was a failure because of lack of decision. However, another Law and
Order Monitoring Committee consisting of 21-member and headed by Additional
Deputy Commissioner (General) was formed. It is further surprising that Mr.
Raktatpal Tripura, Councillor, CHT Regional Council, was made a member in that
committee without his knowledge and consent. That committee was formed mainly
to divert and cover up the communal atrocities by the Bengali settlers upon
the Indigenous Jumma people and to exterminate the Jumma people from their ancestral
hearth and home.
Background of the Incident
It is a fact that on 24 August 2003 an armed band of the UPDF
abducted Rupan Mohajan, a Bengali trader of Mahalchari Bazar, from the Singinala
Football field. Because of a long nexus and good understanding between a quarter
of the Army and the UPDF, the Army and the Civil Administration took no step
either for the immediate release of Rupan Mohajan or for controlling the gradually
worsening law and order situation- instead they instigated the Bengali settlers
to launch a communal attack on the Indigenous Jumma people. So it is crystal
clear that the known vested interest within the Government had allowed these
communal atrocities against the Indigenous Jumma people to divert the attention
so that the CHT Accord 1997 would not be implemented at all in future.
It is also mentionable that since the signing of the Accord
in 1997 a vested interest within the government has been aiding and abetting
the Bengali settlers for the communal attack upon the Indigenous Jumma people
to serve their interest. Furthermore, a quarter of the military authority has
been assisting, abetting and aiding the UPDF to carry out its terrorist activities
such as extortion, kidnapping, killing etc. unchecked instead of taking necessary
actions against them so as to make the CHT law and order situation always instable,
to justify a military presence in the CHT and to fish in the troubled water.
The core causes of this atrocity according to the observers and the experienced
one are the following:
- To make the Indigenous Jumma people crippled economically, uproot
them by means of continuous violence from their ancestral land and finally
grab the Indigenous Jumma people land.
- The long-standing grievance and dissatisfaction among the local
businessmen with regard to the UPDFs activities of extortion, kidnapping,
killing etc at Mahalchari.
- To take political advantage of this kidnapping of Rupan Mohajan
by some vested interest within the government including present MP Abdul Wadud
Bhuiyan.
- To bring instability to block the total implementation of the CHT
Accord including the developmental programme initiated by the international
donor community.
Once again it is proved that lasting peace and democratic governance
can never be achieved in the CHT until and unless the military are withdrawn
to their barracks and the Bengali settlers are withdrawn from the CHT to their
original home district (plains of Bangladesh). On numerous occasions it has
already been seen that any trifling incident between a Jumma and a Bengali settler
is made to turn into an unbridled violent and major communal flare up by the
Army personnel and the Bengali settlers. Therefore, proper implementation of
the CHT Accord including withdrawal of the Army rule in the CHT in the name
of Operation Uttaran, withdrawal of all temporary camps of armed forces according
to the Accord and rehabilitation of the Bengali settlers in their original home
districts (plains of Bangladesh) outside the CHT is a must for the permanent
solution to the CHT Issues and lasting peace in the region.
Relief and Rehabilitation for the affected people
All the victims of this atrocity are the Indigenous Jumma people
who have been leading a sub-human existence under the open sky. The situation
has further deteriorated because of prevalence of diarrhoea, malaria and so
on. The students are facing an uncertain future because of loss of books and
other educational materials. Many of the victims had sought refuge in the houses
of their kith and kin at Rangamati and Khagrachari district and nearby villages.
The remaining are leading a desperate existence in the neighbourhood of open
jungles and bushes.
Some organisations, namely, CHT Regional Council, PCJSS, HTNF
(Hill Tracts NGO Forum), CHT Returnee Jumma Refugees' Welfare Association, Marma
Unnayan Sangsad, Tripura Kalyan Sangsad, Marma Oikya Sangathan, Parbatya Bhikku
Sangha, Bangladesh Red Crescent Society etc. and local administration have provided
some relief materials, such as, food grain, utensils, clothes, medicine etc.
to the affected families. It is learnt that Deputy Commissioner of Khagrachari
district received Taka 400,000 and 120 matrix tones of food grain from national
government and distributed it to the affected families. But these relief programme
were quite inadequate compared to their needs.
It has been learnt that the office of the Prime Minister recently
granted a cash grant of Taka 3 millions for the rehabilitation of the affected
families. The grant would be channelled through the military authority. But
the CHT Affairs Ministry proposed to involve the CHT Regional Council and concerned
Hill District Councils for the purpose. Because CHT Regional Council and concerned
Hill District Councils are the proper authorities respectively to co-ordinate
and implement any kind of relief programme according to the Acts of the Councils.
But the proposal of CHT Affairs Ministry was not accepted. The affected families
decided not to accept the role of the military in relief and rehabilitation
programmes in protest against their active participation in those communal atrocities.
Appeal to the Humanitarian Community
The PCJSS appeals to the national and international humanitarian
community to write to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh and send a copy thereof
to the Home Minister of Bangladesh and the Deputy Minister for the CHT Affairs,
Bangladesh asking for the following redress:
- To conduct judicial inquiry into this communal attack;
- To take speedy and statutory action against the perpetrators of
crime;
- To provide full security and proper rehabilitation for the affected
families;
- To take necessary steps to stop repetition of this kind of incident
in the Chittagong Hill Tracts;
- To rehabilitate the Bengali settlers outside CHT honourably;
- To remove anti-accord element, extreme communalist and one of
the culprits of the Mahalchari attack Mr. Abdul Wadud Bhuiyan from the post
of the Chairman of the CHT Development Board.
- To withdraw military rule 'Operation Uttaran' and all temporary
camps of army, Ansar, APB and VDP from CHT.
- To implement the CHT Accord properly
1. Begum Khaleda Zia,
Honorable Prime Minister,
Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
Office of the Prime Minister
Old Airport Road, Tejgaon
Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
Fax: + 880-2-811 3244, 811 3243
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2. Mr. Altaf Hossain Chowdhury
Honorable Minister
Ministry of Home Affairs
Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
Bangladesh Secretariat
Building 4
Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
Fax: +880-2-8614788
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3. Mr. Mani Swapan Dewan,
Honorable Deputy Minister,
Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs,
Building No. 4, 6th Floor, Bangladesh Secretariat,
Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
Tel: + 880-2-861 3214
Fax: + 880-2-956 5300
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Kalyanpur, Rangamati, Rangamati Hill Tracts-4500, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh
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Annexure- 1
Loss of Property |
| Burnt and Looted |
| S.L
No |
Name of
Villages |
Name
of Mouzas |
House
hold burnt |
Household
Looted |
| Households
|
Other
Descriptions |
| 1 |
Babu Para |
252 No Thalipara
Mouza |
79 |
Marma 39,
Chakma 38 Families and 2 Shops |
|
| 2 |
Shawmil Para |
252 No Thalipara
Mouza |
38 |
|
|
| 3 |
Madyam Pahartali
Para |
252 No Thalipara
Mouza |
37 |
|
18 |
| 4 |
Kerengya
Nal |
253
No Kerengya Nal Mouza |
96 |
|
7 |
| 5 |
Basanta Boidyo
Para |
| 6 |
Durpojjya
Nal |
254 No Durpojjya
Nal Mouza |
4 |
|
40 |
| 7 |
Ramesu Karbari
Para |
252 No Thalipara
Mouza |
22 |
Marma 11
and Chakma 11 Families |
|
| 8 |
Lemuchari |
250 No Lemuchari
Mouza |
70 |
63 Households,
1 Buddhist Temple, 2 Shops, 1 Club, 1 UNICEF School and 2 Paddy Husking
Machine Houses |
2 Buddhist
Statues Looted and destroyed in 2 Buddhist Temples |
| 9 |
Nuwa Para |
251 No Chungrachari
Mouza |
12 |
|
|
| 10 |
Bhua Tek |
254 No Durpojjya
Nal Mouza |
|
|
36 |
| 11 |
Thali Para |
252 No Thalipara
Mouza |
1 |
|
|
| 12 |
Chongrachari
Mukh |
|
|
|
|
| 13 |
Hospital
and T&T Area |
|
|
|
|
| 14 |
Hamanta Para |
|
|
|
36 |
| |
Total |
|
359 |
|
137 |
Apart from the furniture, utensils, money and ornaments etc.,
other valuable materials from above mentioned households, 2 bullocks have been
looted from Shanti Bikash Chakma s/o Banabihari Chakma at Nuwa Para under 251
No Chongrachari Mouza; 3 bullocks have been looted from Shukha Moy Chakma s/o
Banabihari Chakma and Shuniti Chakma at Lemuchari under 250 No Lemuchari Mouza
by the Bengali settlers.
Annexure- 2
Casualties
The Killed |
| Serial
No |
Name,
Father Name and Address |
Description |
| 1 |
Binod Bihari
Khisha (57 Years) Son Of Surendra Lal Khisha Village Babu Para, Mahalchari
Sadar |
In the morning of the day of occurrence at around 10: 30 a. m. Military
personnel dragged Mr. Binod Bihari Khisha out of his shop near Babu Para
area and severely beaten him. After that they hand him over to the murderous
Bengali settlers who brutally killed him with lethal weapons. |
| 2 |
Chijikko
Chakma (8 Months) daughter of Samiran Chakma Village Paharthali, Mahalchari
Sadar |
On the day of occurrence, Chijikko Chakma, baby daughter of Samiran
Chakma was killed by smashing against a tree by the Bengali settlers. |
| The
raped Women by the Bengali Settlers |
| 1 |
Shanti Bala
Chakma alias Mita (38), wife of Swaswadhar Chakma from Paharthali Village |
| 2 |
Khuki Chakma
(12), Daughter of Swaswadhar Chakma from Paharthali Village |
| 3 |
Bonita Chakma
(15) Daughter of Swaswadhar Chakma from Paharthali Village |
| 4 |
Amiti Chakma
(16), daughter of Sudatta Chakma from Paharthali Village |
| 5 |
Ghitanjali
Chakma (14), Daughter of Sudatta Chakma from Paharthali Village |
| 6 |
Bina Rani
Chakma (20), Daughter of Kalo Baran Chakma from Kerengya Nal Village |
| 7 |
Kalasona
Chakma (35), wife of Batya Chakma from Kerengya Nal Village |
| 8 |
Maya Laskmi
Chakma (22), wife of Nibaran Chakma from Kerengya Nal Village |
| 9 |
Chikkala
Chakma (20), Daughter of Kala Udha Chakma from Kerengya nal Village |
| 10 |
Badhimila
Chakma (30), wife of Bimol Chakma from Kerengya Nal Village |
Annexure- 3
| Names
of the Jumma people who wounded in the attack: |
| Serial
No |
Name,
Fathers name and Address |
Description |
| 1 |
Nidarshan
Khisha Adisan (18), Son of Binod Bihari Khisha, Village Babu Para, Mahalchari
Thana |
In a bid to protect his father, Binod Bihari Khisha, who was beaten
to death by the Army Personnel of 21 EBR of Mahalchari zone and the Bengali
settlers, he too sustained serious bayonet injuries on his head and left
arms by the Army . Presently, he is being treated at the Chittaong Medical
College Hospital. |
| 2 |
Uggyajay
Marma (27), Village Babu Para, Mahalchari Thana |
He has been beaten and wounded by the Army personnel. |
| 3 |
Ronald Chakma
(17), Son of Khokan Bikash Chakma Village Babu Para, Mahalchari Thana |
He has been wounded by the Army personnel and arrested by the Police
in connection with the incident and undergoing treatment at Khagrachari
Hospital. |
| 4 |
Sumon Marma
(22), Son of Humayun Marma, Village Babu Para, Mahalchari Thana |
He has been wounded by the Army personnel and arrested by the Police
in connection with the incident and undergoing treatment at Khagrachari
Hospital. |
| 5 |
Sudatta Chakma
(40), Son of Jayanta Lal Chakma, Village Paharthali, Mahalchari |
He has been beaten up and wounded by the Army personnel. |
| 6 |
Aungshui
Prue Marma (18), Son of Uggyajay Marma, Village Ramesu Para, Mahalchari |
He has been
beaten up and wounded by the Army personnel and the Bengali settlers. |
| 7 |
Kandhi Marma
(35), Son of Thuing Marma, Village Ramesu Para, Mahalchari |
He has been
beaten up and wounded by the Army personnel and the Bengali settlers. |
| 8 |
Satya Ranjan
Chakma (65), Son of Purna Kumar Chakma, Village Lemuchari, 250 No Lemuchari
Mouza |
The Bengali
settlers struck him with swords and thus wounded him. |
| 9 |
Bidhan Chakma
(20), Son of Ananda Bilash Chakma, Village Nuwapara, Mahalchari |
The Bengali
settlers struck him with a stem of the tree in the left eye and thus wounded
him. |
Sacrilege and Damages
| Serial
No |
Name
of the Buddhist Temples |
Description |
| 1 |
Lemuchari
Triratna Buddhist Temple |
On the day of occurrence, the Bengali settlers destroyed one 10 feet
long statue of Lord Buddha, looted and taken away 4 brass statues of Lord
Buddha and thereafter they set the entire Buddhist temple on fire. Venerable
Dharma Jyoti Bhikkhu, head of the temple, somehow managed to escape with
his life. |
| 2 |
Babu Para
Amra Kanon Buddhist Temple |
One Army personnel compelled the Head of the temple, Venerable Samanapriya
Bhikkhu and Adi Ratan Khisa to open the door of the temple at gun point.
The Army personnel has looted and forcibly taken away 10 five hundred
Taka notes and ransacked the other materials. |
| 3 |
Pahartali
Shanti Niketan Buddhist Temple |
The Bengali settlers forced their way into the temple and looted
and taken away valuable materials. |
| 4 |
Kerenganal Gnyanuday Buddhist
Temple |
The Bengali settlers burnt
the temple to ashes. |
Names of the Bengali settlers sustained injuries in the incident:
| 1 |
Md. Jasim |
| 2 |
Harun, s/o Abul Kashem |
| 3 |
Sarowar Alam |
| 4 |
Jamal Uddin |
| 5 |
Jishu Banik |
| 6 |
Mithun Bishwas |
Annexure- 4
Names of the accused in the criminal case filed by Md. Abul Kashem, a Bengali
settler
- Doi Aungya Marma, an employee of PHE, Babu Para.
- Pratul Khisha (Homeopath), s/o Sudhanshu Bimal Khisha, Babu Para.
- Ula Aung Marma, s/o Doi Angya Marma, Babu Para.
- Sumilan Chakma s/o Shanti Chakma, Babu Para.
- Subhas Chakma, s/o Susamay Chakma, Babu Para.
- Madhab Chakma, s/o Dainik Kumar Chakma, Babu Para.
- Nipul Khisha, s/o Adi Ratan Khisha, Babu Para.
- Kalin Chakma, s/o Binimoy Chakma, Babu Para.
- Sonamani Chakma, s/o Tangu Chakma, Babu Para.
- Nidarshan Khisha s/o Binod Bihari Khisha, Babu Para.
- Bipul Khisha, s/o Sudhangshu Khisha, Babu Para.
- Daimond Chakma, Area Commander of the UPDF, Kengelchari Forest Office
- Sukumar Chakma alias Kulta, mother of Mina Debi Chakma (Teacher), Babu Para.
- Bakul Chakma s/o Sushil Mitra Chakma, Babu Para.
- Mari Chakma s/o Meghanath Chakma, Babu Para.
- Arman Chakma s/o Priya Ranjan Chakma, Pahartali.
- Sajal Chakma s/o Nil Mani Chakma, Ajit Chairman Para.
Names of the accused in the kidnapping case filed by Mr. Bijoy Krishna Mohajan,
father of Rupan Mohajan
- Archimedes Chakma, Mahalchari UP Chairman
- Sukumar Chakma (Kulta), mother of Mina Debi Chakma, Pahartali
- Arben Chakma, s/o Priya Ranjan Chakma, Pahartali
- Adishan Khisha Nidarshan, s/o Binod Bihari Khisha, Pahartali
- Binod Bihari Khisha, Babu Para
- Mongshi Marma, s/o Shoihla Prue Marma
- Mukut Mani Chakma, s/o Brishaketu Chakma, Pahartali
- Sajal Chakma, s/o Muni Chakma, Mahalchari sadar
- Bipul Khisha, s/o Sudhangshu Bimal Khaisha, Babu Para
- Bikash Chakma, s/o unknown, Bijitala, Khagrachari upazila
- Endi Chakma, s/o unknown, Bijitala
- Babu Dhan Chakma, s/o Ashta Basu Chakma, Pahartali
- Priti Chakma, s/o unknown
- Kalin Chakma, s/o Rajani Chakma, Khagracgari sadar
- Mari Chakma, s/o Meghanath Chakma, Pahartali.
- Other unknown persons.
Annexure- 5
The Bengali settlers who led the attack:
A. Attack at Lemuchari
- Md. Jahirul Islam, s/o Late Lokman Sarkar
- Md. Jasim
- Abul Kalam Azad
- Jahirul Hoque
- Md. Abdur Rashid alias Panku Rashid s/o Rashul Mashud
- Misti Alam
- Nurul Islam, s/o Abdur Rashid
- Md. Mintu Mian, s/o Md. Samad Mian
B. Attack at Babu Para
- Md. Jamal Uddin (employed at Khaja Hotel ), s/o Late Hasem Kaji
- Dr. Pradip Kumar Chowdhury, s/o Rakhal Chowdhury.
- Ajit Kanti Das (Ex-UP Chairman)
- Anup Mohajan, s/o Prophulla Mohajan
- Mohammad Ali, s/o Nurul Hoque
- Ratan Shil
- Tapas Barua, s/o Rakhal Barua
- Ratan Kumar shil, s/o Rabindra Shil
- Dewan Md. Abul Kalam
- Uttam Chanda, s/o Rajeswar Chanda
- Abul Kalam Master
- Nurul Islam (labour sarder)
- Titu Sen, s/o Babul Sen
- Rupan Shil
- Nepal Shil
- Tapas Barua, s/o Amalendu Barua
- Jamal Hossain, s/o Amanat
- Amalendu Barua
- Apu Das
- Kamal Member
- Md. Jasim (U P Member)
- Dilip Chanda, s/o Late Khoka Chanda
- Alak Sen, s/o Babu Sen
- Pulak Mohajan, s/o Bijoy Mohajan
- Jasim Uddin, s/o Late Mahbub driver
- Md. Ali, s/o Nurul Hoque
The names of the accused in the case against the Bengali settlers filed
by Kishalay Chakma
-
Md. Abul Kalam Azad, 41, s/o unknown (Ex-UP member), village-
Chongarachari
-
Panku Rashid, 45, s/o unknown, village- Chongarachari,
P. S. Mahalchari
-
Jahirul Islam, 52, s/o unknown, village- Chongarachari,
P. S. Mahalchari
-
Jahedul Islam 25, s/o unknown, village- Chongarachari,
P. S. Mahalchari
-
Nurul Islam, s/o Panku Rashid, village- Chongarachari,
P. S. Mahalchari
-
Ashraf Ali, 20, s/o Abdul Kalam, village- Chongarachari,
P. S. Mahalchari
-
Bhulu, 18, s/o Abdul Kalam, village- Chongarachari, P.
S. Mahalchari
-
Matin Leader, 48, s/o unknown, village- Chongarachari,
P. S. Mahalchari
-
Hazrat Fakir, 55, s/o unknown, village- Chongarachari,
P. S. Mahalchari
-
Altaf Ali, 25, s/o Hazrat Fakir, village- Chongarachari,
P. S. Mahalchari
-
Md. Ali, 38, s/o unknown, (Ex-UP Member), village- Chongarachari
-
Anis Ali, 31, Platoon Commander, village- Chongarachari,
P. S. Mahalchari
-
Sufi, 26, s/o unknown, village- Chongarachari, P. S. Mahalchari
-
Nurun Nabi, 26, s/o unknown, village- Chongarachari, P.
S. Mahalchari
-
Badi Commander, 36, s/o unknown, village- Chongarachari,
P. S. Mahalchari
-
Aziz Dokandar, 46, s/o unknown, village- Chongarachari,
P. S. Mahalchari
-
Kabul Bhuyain, 42, s/o unknown, village- Chongarachari,
P. S. Mahalchari
-
Faruk, s/o Joynal, village- Chongarachari, P. S. Mahalchari
-
Mantu, 25, s/o Aziz Dokandar, village- Chongarachari, P.
S. Mahalchari
-
Rafiq, 28, s/o unknown, village- Chongarachari, P. S. Mahalchari
-
Batya Joynal, 31, s/o unknown, village- Chongarachari,
P. S. Mahalchari
-
Abu Samad Mistiri, 32, s/o unknown, village- Chongarachari,
P. S. Mahalchari
-
Jahangir, 18, s/o Panku Rashid, village- Chongarachari,
P. S. Mahalchari
-
Tulu, 21, s/o unknown, village- Chongarachari, P. S. Mahalchari
-
Shahjahan, 20, s/o Mollah, village- Chongarachari, P. S.
Mahalchari
-
Aizal Dari, 52, s/o unknown, village- Chongarachari, P.
S. Mahalchari
-
Dr. Golam Mostafa, 28, s/o unknown, village- Chongrachari,
P. S. Mahalchari
-
Ahmed Khalil, 55, s/o unknown, village- Chongrachari, P.
S. Mahalchari
-
Shukkur Ali, 27, s/o unknown, village- Chongrachari, P.
S. Mahalchari
-
Abdul Ali, 31, s/o unknown, village- Chongrachari, P. S.
Mahalchari
-
Shahajahan Jele, 42, s/o unknown, village- Chongrachari,
P. S. Mahalchari
-
Dr. Bakirullah, 25, s/o unknown, village- Chongrachari,
P. S. Mahalchari
-
Md. Harun, 41, s/o unknown, village- Chongrachari, P. S.
Mahalchari
-
Joynal, 29, s/o Mollah, village- Chongrachari, P. S. Mahalchari
-
Mohar Ali, 27, s/o unknown, village- Chongrachari, P. S.
Mahalchari
-
Suruj Jaman, 25, s/o unknown, village- Chongrachari, P.
S. Mahalchari
-
Dhani Kuddus, 42, s/o unknown, village- Chongrachari, P.
S. Mahalchari
-
Shaha Jamal, 47, s/o unknown, village- Chongrachari, P.
S. Mahalchari
-
Sonaullah, 38, s/o unknown, village- Chongrachari, P. S.
Mahalchari
-
Misti Alam, 32, s/o unknown, village- Chongrachari, P.
S. Mahalchari
-
Salam, s/o unknown, village- Chongrachari, P. S. Mahalchari
-
Ful Mian, s/o unknown, village- Chongrachari, P. S. Mahalchari
-
Nuruj Jaman, s/o unknown, village- Chongrachari, P. S.
Mahalchari
-
Hakim, s/o unknown, village- Chongrachari, P. S. Mahalchari
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