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News No. 162/2009, October 24, 2009
Army personnel last night raided a house rented by United Peoples’ Democratic Front (UPDF) in Laxmichari, Khagrachari.
The raid was carried out by police and army personnel from Laxmichari zone about 10pm.
They searched and turned the house upside down, but found nothing incriminating.
The UPDF office staff members, who lived in the house, had fled before the arrival of the army, fearing that they might be arrested.
Before raiding UPDF house, the army also searched the house of Satyo Ranjan Chakma, a primary school teacher.
On 20 October, the house of Ms Sagarika Chakma, the lady vice president of Laxmichari Upazila, was also raided. She was not at home at the time.
She, along with the Chairman and other vice chairman, has gone into hiding fearing harassment by Laxmichari zone commander Lt. Col. Shariful Islam.
In a press conference in Dhaka on 17 October they demanded that the zone commander Sharif be removed and punished for inciting communal violence, torturing innocent people and plotting murder.
