Innocent villager tortured in Belaichari

chtnews.com
News No. 135/2008, August 10, 2008


On 5 August, an innocent Jumma villager was subjected to inhuman torture in the village of Down under Belaichari Upazila in Rangamati district.

The army personnel tortured Tukkya Tongchongya s/o Heng Chandra Tongchongya on the charge of providing support to the members of the United People's Democratic Front (UPDF).

His right leg has been fractured as a result of the beating. The army personnel led by Captain Tanvir, commander of Meranghcara army camp, also searched his house.

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