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News No. 179/2010, December 09, 2010
THE army raided Lemuchari village in Mahalchari in an apparent attempt to arrest those involved in orgnising a recent protest against land grabbing in the area.
Sources said a group of army personnel from Kengelchari sub-zone raided the village at 11am on 7 December, and looked for Shanti Ranjan Chakma, 43, son of Ramani Kumar Chakma, Achchal Talukder, 38, son of late Gyana Lal Talukder and Juboti Ranjan Chakma, 48, son of Dharma Moni Chakma.
The three Jummas played a leading role in organising a mass protest on 6 December against settler attempts to grab Jumma’s lands in the area.
However, they were not available at their homes when the army conducted the raid.
After about one hour the soldiers left the village, but soon after another group of military intelligence personnel came and searched for the protest leaders.
After the raid most of the protest leaders went into hiding to avoid arrest.
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