Daily Star, 1 August 2002

PCJSS activist abducted in Khagrachhari

OUR CORRESPONDENT, Khagrachhari


An activist of Parbatya Chhatragram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) was abducted by the armed cadres of United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) here on Monday night. The victim, Kongjori Marma, 28, was kidnapped by UPDF men as he refused to pay them Tk 50 thousand, said a press release by Jana Sanghati Samity.

Meanwhile, the three abducted UPDF activists -- Suneel Jibon Chakma, 35, Probodh Kumar Chakma, 35, and Tapas Chakma, 26, were released by the abductors the same night, intelligence sources said.


They were abducted on July 14 from Gomaridhaal village in Khagrachhari.