PCP leader kidnapped by Santu group, feared dead

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News No. 230/2009, December 26, 2009

A local leader of the Hill Students Council, a front organisation of the United Peoples Democratic Front (UPDF), was kidnapped by members of the Jana Samhati Samiti’s Santu Larma faction, PCP and other sources said.

UPDF’s Subolong office said Promod Kanti Chakma, General Secretary of the PCP Jurachari branch, was kidnapped from the village of Dharmajoy Para under Jurachari Union at about 8:30AM on 21 December.

According to it, a group of 17 armed JSS (Santu faction) men led by Nikhil, Jyoti Chakma and Samira Chakma masterminded the kidnapping.

The whereabouts of Mr. Promod, a resident of Shugonochari village under Banajogichara Union and son of Chakra Kumar Chakma, still remains untraced.

A UPDF supporter from Rangamati said his (Promod’s) parents have failed to contact the local JSS leaders and are very much worrying for his safety.

“In fact, many in the village fear that he might have been killed already.” he said.