Midnight raid into UPDF office in Kawkhali

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News No. 170/2008, November 19, 2008

Army personnel broke into the Kawkhali unit office of the United Peoples Democratic Front (UPDF) around midnight last night, sources in UPDF said.

The incident comes about 11 hours after they ordered the party to close down the office, which was reopened on 17 November, after the government had withdrawn a ban on political activities.

The soldiers have reportedly removed the office furniture. No further details are available.

Meanwhile, sources from Rangamati said a terrorist group had kept pressuring Lakshman Sen Chakma (60) to revoke a deal over the use of his house as an office by UPDF in Ghagra.

Yesterday, they called the village elders to their den and threatened them not to allow UPDF to carry out its activities in Ghagra.

"We are giving you the last warning – either you cancel the deal (over the UPDF office), or we will take actions against all of you", one of the villagers who attended the meeting quoted the terrorists as saying.