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PROTEST against the arson attacks on indigenous people in Longadu following death of a Jubo League leader ended in Rangamati after observing half-day hartal without any report of untoward incidents. United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF), a political group of indigenous people. No long-haul or inter-district buses and launches left the district town during the shutdown. A few CNG-run auto-rickshaws were seen plying the roads.
Meanwhile, a temporary police camp has been set up at Tintila village to maintain law and order situation there, SM Moniruzzaman Monir, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), told journalists while visiting Tintila Ban Bihar, a Buddhist monastery, in the morning. The DIG suspects that the attack was planned as so many housed were burnt and damaged in the incident, the correspondent said. He assured that the perpetrators will be brought to book.
Tension was running high in the area since Thursday evening, after police recovered the body of Nurul Islam Nayan, lying beside a road (Khagrachhari-Dighinala) at Charmile in Khagrachhari, a bordering district of Rangamati. Nayan was the organising secretary of Longadu Sadar Union Jubo League, a pro-Awami League youth body. He used to carry passengers on his bike in and outside Rangamati for living.
His body was brought to Rangamati yesterday morning from Khagrachhari district hospital, where the autopsy was done. Several hundred Bangalee people then brought out a procession in Longadu Sadar around 9:00am, carrying his body. They claimed Nayan was killed by indigenous people.
Before the procession they held a rally in Sadar area. There, Shafiul Islam, General Secretary of Longadu upazila Jubo League, said two indigenous men hired Nayan’s bike and that he was found dead after that. Indigenous people refuted his claim. They said the two people who hired the bike were Bangalees.
Later, the agitators attacked the indigenous people’s homes, first in Tintila village and then in Manikjurchhara and Battyapar.Some 80 indigenous families are believed to live in Tintila village alone.
If the DIG suspects that the attacks were planned then the culprits should be arrested immediately. Police are yet to detain Saiful, Jewel and Qayum, who allegedly led the procession from where the attack was carried out. However, those arrested yesterday include Halim and Shah Alam, brothers of Saiful and Qayum.
But the main question remains–why was the procession allowed to continue in the first place, in an area; which had strong police and army presence? When the authorities knew that the situation was tense following the death they could have established Section 144 before or disallowed the procession from gathering momentum–but none of this occurred. As a result the indigenous people are distrustful of the authorities and not even receiving food relief. The next best thing that the government can do is rebuild their homes and allow them some funds to buy their possessions instead of giving them 30 Kg rice and other food. It is the least attempt at repairing the damage that the erosion of trust has caused that they can do.
Meanwhile, a temporary police camp has been set up at Tintila village to maintain law and order situation there, SM Moniruzzaman Monir, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), told journalists while visiting Tintila Ban Bihar, a Buddhist monastery, in the morning. The DIG suspects that the attack was planned as so many housed were burnt and damaged in the incident, the correspondent said. He assured that the perpetrators will be brought to book.
Tension was running high in the area since Thursday evening, after police recovered the body of Nurul Islam Nayan, lying beside a road (Khagrachhari-Dighinala) at Charmile in Khagrachhari, a bordering district of Rangamati. Nayan was the organising secretary of Longadu Sadar Union Jubo League, a pro-Awami League youth body. He used to carry passengers on his bike in and outside Rangamati for living.
His body was brought to Rangamati yesterday morning from Khagrachhari district hospital, where the autopsy was done. Several hundred Bangalee people then brought out a procession in Longadu Sadar around 9:00am, carrying his body. They claimed Nayan was killed by indigenous people.
Before the procession they held a rally in Sadar area. There, Shafiul Islam, General Secretary of Longadu upazila Jubo League, said two indigenous men hired Nayan’s bike and that he was found dead after that. Indigenous people refuted his claim. They said the two people who hired the bike were Bangalees.
Later, the agitators attacked the indigenous people’s homes, first in Tintila village and then in Manikjurchhara and Battyapar.Some 80 indigenous families are believed to live in Tintila village alone.
If the DIG suspects that the attacks were planned then the culprits should be arrested immediately. Police are yet to detain Saiful, Jewel and Qayum, who allegedly led the procession from where the attack was carried out. However, those arrested yesterday include Halim and Shah Alam, brothers of Saiful and Qayum.
But the main question remains–why was the procession allowed to continue in the first place, in an area; which had strong police and army presence? When the authorities knew that the situation was tense following the death they could have established Section 144 before or disallowed the procession from gathering momentum–but none of this occurred. As a result the indigenous people are distrustful of the authorities and not even receiving food relief. The next best thing that the government can do is rebuild their homes and allow them some funds to buy their possessions instead of giving them 30 Kg rice and other food. It is the least attempt at repairing the damage that the erosion of trust has caused that they can do.
