Daily Star, 25 June 2002

Night guard killed, forest official abducted in Rangamati

BSS, Rangamati


Tribal miscreants yesterday kidnapped a forest official and gunned down a night guard of a government farm in two different places of the town, police said. Range Officer of Rangamati Sadar Range Nani Gopal Mondal, 47, was abducted by four armed miscre ants from his residence at Razbari area in the early hours of yesterday.

The miscreants entered his house and took Mondal to hostage at gun point. Later, they took him to unknown destination, police quoted the FIR lodged by the Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of Rangamati.


Earlier, a gang of seven armed tribal miscreants stormed the lone government PIG farm situated at Manikchhari under Sadar upazila on the outskirts of the town and gunned down its night guard Sanjib Chakma, 35, on the spot.


Police sent the body to Rangamati Sadar Hospital for autopsy.


Separate cases were lodged with Kotwali police.


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