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News No. 182/2010, December 12, 2010
A HILL Students’ Council leader, kidnapped by Santu Larma faction of the Jana Samhati Samiti a few days ago, has been released from captivity.
The terrorists released Helen Chakma, 22, cultural secretary of the PCP Naniachar College Unit, on 11 December on payment of a Taka 5,000 ransom.
Mr Chakma was kidnapped on 8 December from Boat Ghat (jetty) at Banarupa in Rangamati town when he went there to visit his relatives.
He was taken to the village of Golachari in Devachari under Mogban Union No. 2 and was tortured.
Later, his mother and a local headman negotiated his release.
PCP Naniachar Upazila unit president Bilash Chakma and PCP Naniachar College committee president Ripon Chakma in a statement expressed joy at his release, but condemned Santu group for his kidnapping and urged its members to shun politics of violence and refrain from kidnapping business.
After release, Helen Chakma returned home in the village of Komtoli in Naniachar.
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