Daily Star, 1 July 2003
Activists allegedly belonging to the Parbattya Chattagram Jono Sanghati Shamity (PCJSS) looted shops at Ghilachhori bazaar in Naniarchar upazila, shot dead a UPDF supporter and abducted another on Thursday.
The dead is Indrajibon Chakma, 24, according to a UPDF (United Peoples Democratic Front) press
release issued here yesterday.
A group of about 15 PCJSS activists led by Uttam Chakma swooped on the bazaar and looted cash and valuables from shopkeepers. At one stage, they shot Indrajibon point blank, killing him on the spot, said the release.
Army and police forces played the role of silent spectators during the attack, the press release signed by Rangamati UPDF Convenor Sachib Chakma alleged.
Uttam leads a gang of about forty. They very often come out of their hideouts in Ghilachhori and Chetchhori hills and extort money from villagers, he alleged.
The gang is also involved in other crimes in the area but security forces do not take any action against them, he alleged. He demanded action against them.
Meanwhile, another UPDF activist -- Shamiron Chakma, 18,-- was abducted by
PCJSS activists from Rangamati Government College premises on the same day,
the UPDF press release claimed.