Monday, March 3, 2008

Innocent villager arrested in Sajek

chtnews.com
News No. 42/2008, March 03, 2008

On 25 February 2008, Nibaron Karbari (48) s/o late Lakshmiban Karbari, the village chief of Talchara para village under Sajek Union in Baghaichari Upazilla (sub-district) in Rangamati district was duped and arrested after calling him to Ruilui BDR camp.

Sources said the camp commander of paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) at Ruilui invited the Karbari to the camp to receive financial assistance in the wake of destruction of Jum harvest due to rat-deluge in vast areas of the CHT.

But when he got to the camp, the BDR personnel beat him up severely. The allegations against his was that he provided support to the members of the United People's Democratic Front (UPDF).