Ramgarh Correspondent, CHT News
Friday, September 5, 2025
In Nakapa of Patachhara Union in Ramgarh upazila of Khagrachari, the military-backed vigilantes have once again carried out an armed rampage today (Friday, September 5, 2025), according to reports. Earlier, on September 1, the same group had abducted Basana Mohan Chakma at gunpoint from Nakapa Bazaar.
According to sources, around 10:00 AM today, a group of six armed vigilantes arrived in the Nakapa High School area on three motorcycles. They ordered a halt to an ongoing construction project there, threatening the workers with weapons and issuing dire warnings. The terrorists verbally abused the workers with obscene language and declared, “No development work will be allowed here without our permission.”
When the workers protested, the terrorists tried to assault them and even fired shots to create panic. This spread fear among local residents. Teachers, students, and the community around the school began to feel extremely unsafe.
It has been confirmed that the same terrorists who kidnapped Basana Mohan Chakma on September 1 were behind today’s incident as well.
Locals allege that the vigilantes are deliberately trying to destabilize the hill region. With military backing, they are engaged in extortion, kidnapping, and other terrorist activities by using the threat of arms. Both indigenous hill people and Bengali settlers have grown fed up with their violent actions.
Angry residents are demanding the immediate disbandment of this newly-emerged military-backed masked group and an end to their terrorist activities.
Additionally, on the morning of September 4 at around 11:00 AM, in Salda Para of Ward 7 under Patachhara Union No. 2, a group of vigilantes arrived on two motorcycles and threatened a bamboo trader named Devendra Tripura. The terrorists warned local businesspeople that if they wanted to continue doing business, they would have to pay extortion money.
Devendra has expressed that he is living in fear and worries that he could be abducted at any moment if he visits Guimara Bazaar.
Many believe the growing anger and dissatisfaction against the vigilantes could erupt into a mass uprising at any time.
Notably, on September 1, after attending a public gathering in the Joutha Khamar area of Ramgarh, a group of six armed vigilantes led by Md. Masud Hossain Bappy and Sulen Chakma abducted a man named Basana Mohan Chakma from Nakapa Bazaar while he was returning by a jeep (along with other participants). Other identified members involved in the abduction include Manju Islam and Sagar Barua.
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