The Independent, 22 October, 2003
http://independent-bangladesh.com/news/oct/22/22102003ct.htm#A13
A CORRESPONDENT, KHAGRACHHARI
Oct 21: Tribal terrorists on October 19 got two tribal contractors released 48 hours after their abduction. The tribal terrorists said to belong to Jana Sanghati Samity( JSS) abducted contractors Batayon Dewan and Rapruchai Marma from Khabangpuria village in Sadar upazila on October 17 night.
After abduction, the terrorists demanded Tk. three lakh as ransom from the relatives of the abducted persons. The abductors, in the face of extensive searches by the security forces, got them released.
Meanwhile, the leaders of the United Peoples Democratic Front (UPDF) in a joint statement held Jana Sang hati Samity responsible for making the political situation in the hill tracts instable through abduction and murder.
The tribal terrorists abducted five people, including the two contractors on
October 17. They set three people free on October 19.