Bengali Settlers Sets Fire at Indigenous Jumma Peoples House in CHT, Bangladesh
2013-08-04
Bengali Settlers sets fire at Jumma Peoples house at Taindong of
Matiranga Upazilla in Khagrachari. We got the news that today on 03rd
August at 3pm of Bangladesh time some hundreds of Bengali Settlers
attacked on Jumma People and sets fire at houses of 4 villages. More
than 200 houses of Jumma People have been gutted by fire.The Village name is Monodas Para, Boga Para. Bandarshing Para and Sorbeswar Para.
Hundreds of Jumma People fled from their house and tried to take shelter at the Border of India.
The Asian Centre For Human Rights(ACHR), A Asia based Human Rights organisation reported, One indigenous person was killed, four other indigenous people were seriously injured and about 500 indigenous peoples houses were destroyed in the attacks as per the latest report received by Asian Centre for Human Rights.
The ACHR also told, "About 1,500 Chakmas and Tripuris are currently camping at the gates along the Indo-Bangladesh border fencing in Silachari area under Tripura, trying to find refuge in India. The Border Security Forces who man the gates have so far prevented the fleeing refugees from entering into India."
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Chakmas Flee to Border after Clash (The Daily Hindu Reported)
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04th August, 2013
[ The following news was published in the Indian English Daily Paper "The Hindu'. We are here publishing the news to circulate it to our readers. Thanks]
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India/CHT/News:
Agartala: More than 1,500 ethnic Chakmas from Matiranga in the Khagrachari district of Bangladesh fled to the Indo-Bangla border on Saturday following a clash with locals.
A clash took place at 11.30 a.m., following which the people were sheltered at Karbook in South Tripura, near the border, BSF DIG B.S. Rawat said. The Chakmas were not allowed to enter India, he added, but were provided with food, drinking water and shelter on humane ground- PTI
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