{"id":1222,"date":"2014-07-06T08:57:27","date_gmt":"2014-07-06T02:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/?p=1222"},"modified":"2023-01-30T17:00:07","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T11:00:07","slug":"cht-commission-members-attacked-in-rangamati","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/2014\/07\/06\/cht-commission-members-attacked-in-rangamati\/","title":{"rendered":"CHT Commission members attacked in Rangamati"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chtnews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chtnews.com<br><\/a>Saturday, July 05,\u00ad 2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>THE visiting members of the Chittagong Hill Tracts International Commission have come under attack by ultra-communal Bengali settler organizations in Rangamati, sources say.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The vengeful attack that took place at 1:45pm on Saturday when the Commission members were coming out of Parjaton Motel in the town has left two of them injured \u2013 Dr. Iftekharuzzaman and Ilira Dewan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bengali settlers pelted their car with stones and smashed its windows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the stones hit Ilira Dewan on the head, while Dr. Iftekharuzzaman was injured on the finger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Commission members were on their way to Chittagong to attend a scheduled meeting with the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 24th Infantry Division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After reaching Chittagong in the evening the Commission members held a press conference to condemn the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms Sultana Kamal, Co-chair of the CHT Commission, said the attack had taken place despite police protection and added that a leader of the so-called Sama Odhikar Andolan, an ultra-communal outfit of the Bengali settlers, had led the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNurjahan, a female Sama Odhikar Andolan leader, started verbal abuse from the very beginning and gathered her supporters. Later on, the attack began under her direction.\u201d an outraged Sultana Kamal said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She held six organizations including Sama Odhikar Andolan responsible for the hideous attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe six organizations which had called for resistance to our visit are responsible for the attack.\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She alleged that the settlers had thrown stones at their vehicle from behind the office of an intelligence agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another member of the Commission, Swapan Adnan, said that it was their seventh visit to the CHT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He termed the attack on them as regrettable, and added: \u201cWe not only talk to the Hill people, we also highlight the plight of the Bengalis\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The press conference was also attended by Khushi Kabir, Dr. Md. 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