Four Jummas tortured in Choleshchari
chtnews.com
News No. 76/2008, May 7, 2008
Four innocent Jumma villagers have been tortured by army in Choleschari village under Burighat Union of Rangamati district.
According to sources in Naniachar, a joint force of army personnel from Longudu and Naniachar zone raided the village of Choleschari before dawn today. They encircled the village and gathered the villagers at a corner of the village.
The soldiers then singled out four Jummas on fake information provided by two other Jummas who were arrested earlier from Moddhyo Harikaba village in Longudu.
The victims have been identified as Samiran Chakma aged 35 s/o Dulalya Chakma, his brother Mona Chakma aged 28, Ranjan Chakma aged 30 s/o Dhana Mohan Chakma, and Dev Ranjan Chakma aged 18 s/o Pitto Ranjan Chakma.
They were badly tortured and given electric shocks.
The other two Jummas who are believed to have been arrested from Maddyo Harikaba have been identified as Shushil Moy Chakma aged 28 s/o unknown and Brisha Kumar Chakma aged 30 s/o Hori Mohan Chakma. It is not known when and how they were arrested. However, both of them dressed in military combat uniform and accompanied the army.
The villagers believe that the army raided the village after extracting false confession from them through the use of torture.
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