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Bangladesh Rifles torture an indigenous Tripura Hindu in Matiranga

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On 17 April 2011 Bangladesh army backed Muslim settlers attacked 5 indigenous Buddhist villages in Ramgarh and 2 indigenous villages in Manikchari in Chittagong Hill Tracts. In this attack around 200 indigenous houses including 2 Buddhist temples were torched. At least 20 indigenous people were injured and at least half dozen indigenous people were missing. Indigenous people and a monk assessing the damage after Muslim settlers burnt a Buddhist temple to ashes.

On 25 July 1985, Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) from Taindong BDR Camp led by  Naib Subedar  Rafique arrested Tirtha Ray Tripura, son of Nara Mohan Tripura at Khetra Charan Para in Matiranga, Khagrachari district.


During custody, BDR mercilessly beat Mr. Tripura and extorted Taka 5000.00 from him.

Sources:

PCJSS(Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti)

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