3 advisers meet leaders in CHT: No tolerance for those disrupting law and order, Home affair adviser says

Following a meeting between three advisers and native leaders of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, House Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said no tolerance would be shown to those that had destroyed law and scream self-discipline within the region.

Three advisers– House Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, CHT Affairs Adviser Supradip Chakma, and Local Govt, Rural Pattern and Cooperatives Adviser Hasan Arif– met local political parties, transport leaders and varied organisations centring the rounds of violence in three hilly areas.

The meeting used to be held on the Rangamati Circuit House.

Leaders of a grand number of political parties, regional organisations, and transport staff’ organisations, alongside officers of the military and police, joined the meeting.

Among the many political leaders present are- Rangamati District BNP President Deepan Talukder, occasion’s Traditional Secretary Advocate Mamunur Rashid Mamun, Central BNP Tribal Affairs Secretary Deepen Dewan, Jamaat-e-Islami Rangamati District Leader Harunur Rashid, JSS Central Vice President Ushatan Talukder and JSS District President Dr Ganga Manik Chakma.

The present law and scream self-discipline in Khagrachari, Rangamati and Bandarban used to be discussed.

Violent clashes erupted within the hill districts of Khagrachhari and Rangamati the day earlier than this day (20 September), leaving four of us dreary and over fifty injured.

The incidents, which occurred on Thursday (19 September) and Friday, led to heightened tensions and heavy law enforcement deployment in both regions. Amid deteriorating self-discipline, local administrations imposed Fragment 144 within the two districts.

In the period in-between, a 72-hour road and waterways blockade in three hill districts – Khagrachari, Rangamati and Bandarban – since 6am this morning has been in feature.

An indefinite transport strike has moreover been called in Rangamati.