Chittagong Hill News
Benglali settlers murder 3 indigenous Chakma Buddhists in Dighinala
On 19-20 February 2010; Bangladesh army backed Muslim settlers attacked the indigenous people at Baghaichari leaving an indigenous man dead. The aim of the attack was to drive out the indigenous Chakma Buddhists and grab their land. The indigenous Buddhist man gunned down by the Bangladesh army.
On 29 November 1984, 4 Muslim settlers at the instigation of the Bangladesh police of Merung Police Station attacked Mr. Sanjib Chakma (20), son of Mr. Taksia Chakma of Rangapani Chara Mukh of Merung in Dighinala, Khagrachari district.
Muslim settlers attacked him while he was working in his own land. They snatched away his big knife with which he was working and hacked him with it a number of times seriously wounding him. This attack resulted in riots between the indigenous people and the Muslim settlers in which 3 indigenous people were killed. His family had left the village and farmland for safety.
Sources:
PCJSS(Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti)