Army picks up 4 villagers in Ramgarh

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News No. 170/2009, November 01, 2009

Members of the Bangladesh Army picked up four Jumma villagers from Beltali in Ramgarh under Khagrachari district, locals said.

The arrest was made on the night of 31 October after a raid in to the village by a group of army personnel from Batna camp in Manikchari Thana.

The arrested have been identified as Manindra Tripura (40), member of Patachara UP; Sanjeeb Tripura (22) s/o Kashiram Tripura; Kajol Tripura (37) s/o Naja Kumar Tripura; and Teja Roy Tripura (60).

They were taken to the camp and tortured ruthlessly.

Latest reports say they have been shifted to Sindukchari army camp, and the village elders have been making frantic efforts to get them released.

The sources could not say what might be the possible reasons for their arrest. However, arrest and detention of innocent people in arbitrary and unlawful manner is a common practice of the army in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.

Dev Danta Tripura, a member of the central committee of the UPDF, has condemned the detention of the innocent Jumma villagers and urged the authorities concerned to release them immediately.