Kaukhali Correspondent, CHT News
Thursday, October 9, 2025
A human chain was held in Kaukhali demanding the unconditional release of Aloron Chakma, an Honours first-year student at Rangamati Government College and a cultural activist, and the immediate arrest of those responsible for his abduction.
The human chain was organized on Thursday morning (October 9) in the Kaukhali upazila headquarters of Rangamati by “Family, Relatives, Classmates, and Residents of Hajachari Village” and “Agmuleem Club Shilpi Goshthi (Artist Group).”
The event was presided over by Momota Chakma, a dance instructor at Agmuleem Club, and conducted by student representative Ajay Marma. Among the speakers were Aloron’s classmate Dayaran Chakma, Agmuleem Club member Prantika Chakma, local youth representative Sanju Chakma, women’s representative Asha Chakma, community leader (Karbari) Bindu Kumar Chakma, local public representative Kiran Chakma, and Aloron’s parents Priyo Dhan Chakma and Kalpana Chakma.
When Aloron Chakma’s mother Kalpana Chakma attempted to speak, she broke down in tears. Onlookers helped to console her. Through her sobs, she pleaded for her son’s safe return.
Aloron’s father, Priyo Dhan Chakma, shared that he had searched many places for his missing son and even filed a General Diary (GD) at the police station. However, he claimed that due to threats from the police, he was forced to withdraw the GD.
He appealed to the abductors to release his son and urged the district administration to intervene and rescue him.
Other speakers said that Aloron Chakma is a member of the Agmuleem Club Shilpi Goshthi and is known for being gentle, polite, and principled. After completing his HSC (Higher Secondary Certificate) exams, he took coaching classes for about a month in preparation for university admission at Chittagong University. However, due to financial difficulties, he couldn’t continue the coaching or take the admission test. He later enrolled in the Mathematics department at Rangamati Government College. To support himself and his family, he worked part-time at a pharmacy in Rangamati town and stayed at an elder brother’s residence in the TTC area.
On October 3, at around 5:45 PM, he left home to go to the market and never returned.
They said that his disappearance has created great concern among neighbors and classmates. The area in Rangamati town where Aloron went missing is known to be a stronghold of the Santu Larma faction of the JSS (Jana Samhati Samiti). The speakers alleged that members of the JSS’s student, youth, and women’s wings were involved in his abduction.
They further claimed that when Aloron’s friends and classmates tried to protest and search for him, JSS (Santu) student and women’s wing members snatched their mobile phones, wallets, and laptops, and threatened them—proving, in their view, that the JSS was behind the abduction.
Expressing deep concern over the lack of progress even after six days, speakers said that Aloron’s father had filed a GD at the Rangamati Kotwali Police Station on October 5. Police reportedly informed him that Aloron’s last known location was near K K Roy Road. However, the next day, police summoned him to the station and allegedly forced him to withdraw the GD.
They criticized the police, saying they should have taken action to find the missing student, but instead, they protected the perpetrators by making the father withdraw the GD.
Speakers at the human chain demanded the immediate and safe return of Aloron Chakma and called on the administration to arrest the abductors.
Placards displayed at the human chain read:
- “Immediately release Aloron Chakma unconditionally.”
- “Arrest the identified abductors of the JSS (Santu) group: Zico, Abhi, and Kanchana Chakma.”
- “Is the administration trying to protect the criminals by forcing withdrawal of the GD?”
- “Unconditional release of cultural activist Aloron Chakma.”
- “Free the talented student Aloron Chakma.”
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