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News No. 144/2010, October 10, 2010
THREE members of the rival factions of the Jana Samhati Samiti were killed in the last two days in Rangamati district.
Abhilash Chakma, a member of the Santu Larma faction of the Jana Samhati Samiti, was gunned down on Friday at his home in Kalyanpur, at the heart of Rangamati town.
His assailants could not be identified. JSS (Santu) blamed the incident on UPDF. However, Mikel Chakma of the DYF, a front organisation of the UPDF, categorically denied his party’s involvement in the killing.
Another source said until his death Abhilash Chakma had maintained regular contact with the local leaders of the UPDF and transmitted the JSS secrets to them.
“The Santu men might have somehow learnt about it and got him finished.” the source said.
In another incident on Saturday, 9 October, two members of the M. N. Larma faction of the Jana Samhati Samiti popularly known as reformists were reportedly killed in an armed encounter with its rival faction in Pablakhali village under Khedarmara Union in Baghaichari Upazila.
The dead have been identified as Mihir Kanti Chakma (40) and Enjoy Chakma (28), according to a report released by sheershanews.com.
Both the factions are yet to give any statement on the incident.
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