Tripura woman hit by bullet from army's target practice

A Tripura woman has been grievously wounded when she was hit by a live bullet fired by the army conducting target practice in Latiban under Panchari Upazila in Khagrachari district.

The incident occurred yesterday, 17 January, at about 10am near Rajamoni Army Camp when 29-years old Madhuri Tripura of Karigorpara village was on her way to work. She was hit in the thigh.

The soldiers under the command of Subedar Mohammad Hannan had been conducting target practice without giving prior notice to the nearby villagers.

Quoting Madhuri Tripura's husband Horendra Tripura, a human rights activist in Khagrachari told chtnews.com that after the incident village elders went up to the camp commander to make a complaint.

However, the commander at first refused to acknowledge that his soldiers were involved, and suggested that she was hit by UPDF firing.

The village elders strongly protested his remarks, and in the end the commander had to retract and admit the fact of the incident.

He then asked them to bring her to the camp. From the camp she was taken to Panchari Health Complex. But when her condition deteriorated, she was transferred to the Combined Military Hospital in Chittagong.