Bannyachola villagers resist Borkha Party terrorists

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News No. 18/2010, January 31, 2010

The villagers of Bannyachola under Laxmichari Sadar Union have resisted Borkha Party terrorists and succeeded in filing a criminal case with Laxmichari police station against them.

A resident of Bannychola told chtnews.com that the military-backed Borkha Party terrorists had ordered all the villagers to attend a rally they organised against United Peoples’ Democratic Front (UPDF) yesterday.

The terrorists also stopped public vehicles bound for Manikchari bazaar with the support of the army and police personnel and forced the passengers to attend the rally.

However, the villagers of Bannyachola defied their order and none from this village attended the rally.

In reprisal, a group of 6-7 Borkha Party terrorists led by Nirmal Kanti Chakma and Kapil Sen Chakma raided Bannyachola today and began terrorising the people.

The terrorists, who were armed with firearms, ordered the villagers not to leave the village without their permission and to close all the shops in the village.

They also prevented the villagers from driving their vehicles and ordered them to deposit the keys of the vehicles with them.

This proved too much for the villagers, who lodged a strong protest with Bannyachola army camp and filed a criminal case with Laxmichari police station against the Borkha Party terrorists.

Borkha Party has been created by Laxmichari zone commander Lt. Col. Shariful Islam to weaken UPDF in the area.

Since their creation in July last year, the Borkha Party terrorists have been engaged in criminal activities such as looting, kidnapping, snatching and extortion.

Some reliable sources said the Borkha Party also has secret connection with Santu Larma faction of the JSS.

They further said that the Santu Larma faction of the JSS had supplied them with two automatic weapons a few days ago.

This has been corroborated by eyewitnesses in Laxmichari who saw these weapons in their hands.

Before the addition of these two automatic weapons, the Borkha Party terrorists had only LGs in their arsenal.