Indigenous healer shot dead in Manikchari

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News No. 55/2009, June 16, 2009

Unknown assailants last night shot dead Mesh Kumar Chakma alias Goppua, 55, s/o Battya Chakma, a traditional healer locally known as Boidya, in Manikchari Upazila of Khagrachari district.

The incident occurred around 11:30pm in the village of Kalapani Adarsha Gram, which sits on Manikchari – Lakshmichari road. Mr. Chakma was killed with a single shot, neighbours said. His house is situated close to some six settler houses in the village.

His wife Sundari Bala Chakma, 43, said she could not recognise the killers, who melt into the darkness of the night after the incident.

The reason behind his killing could not be known. However, Mr. Chakma was embroiled in a land dispute with a Bengali settler.

Army have been deployed in the area after the incident.