Two shot dead in Rangamati

Our Correspondent
Source from-http://www.independent-bangladesh.com/200802111728/metropolitan-news/two-shot-dead-in-rangamati.html

Tribal miscreants shot dead two persons at Ranga Durchari Bazar under Baghaichari upazila in the district on Saturday. A gang of tribal miscreants also abducted a BRAC official from Kutukchari under Kaukhali upazila in the district on Thursday.

The dead were identified as Tantu Chakma, 35 and Suresh Chandra Chakma, 32, reportedly activists of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity. The police and security forces said miscreants shot them dead while they were allegedly exacting money from local people in the area, some 120 kilometres northwest of the district headquarters.

The police recovered the bodies on Sunday and sent them to Rangamati General Hospital for autopsy. Rangamati Unit of PCJSS denounced the killing and demanded immediate arrest of those responsible for it. A case was filed with the Baghaichari police station in this connection. In another incident, tribal miscreants abducted a BRAC official from Kutukchari under Kaukhali upazila in the district on Thursday. Quoting family members, the police said armed miscreants kidnapped Hemanta Bikash Chakma, manager (education affairs) of BRAC stationed at Kaukhali, while he was returning to his Rangamati residence after visiting few schools run by BRAC.

The criminals contacted victim’s family at Duluchari in the upazila and demanded Tk 3 lakh as ransom for his release, the police said, adding that the family members informed them of the incident on Saturday. A BRAC official admitted the incident of abduction. An army team went to the spot on Saturday and launched a drive, sources in security forces said.