Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Santu group militants order villagers to leave

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News No. 169/2009, October 31, 2009

A group of Jana Samhati Samiti militants loyal to Santu Larma raided the village of Bogachari in Rajstali Upazila yesterday and ordered the villagers to leave the village within two days.

The order came about 17 hours after they kidnapped Longa Moni Tanchangya, a UPDF supporter, from Rajstali Sadar.

The JSS men tortured him and took him to his village – Bogachari – in search of UPDF members. They fired blank shots to scare the villagers believed to be strong supporters of the UPDF and ordered them to leave the village by November 1.

Latest reports say most of the villagers have fled their homes in fear of JSS reprisals.