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He is responsible for the killing of hundreds of Jumma activists including former General Secretary of the PCJSS and a veteran guerrilla leader, Mr. Chandra Shekhor Chakma.\u201d the Reformist leader told chtnews.com requesting anonymity for security concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t fear death, but I think I should be discreet because there is nothing Santu Larma cannot do to eliminate his political opponents.\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said Mr. Larma had personally ordered his gunmen to shoot and kill Chandra Shekhor Chakma, his long-time aide and comrade-in arm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chandra Shekhor Chakma was shot and wounded, and died a few months after the shooting incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His wife filed an attempt to murder case against Santu Larma. However, he has secured bail from the High Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Larma\u2019s gunmen also shot and wounded Aungshuman Chakma, another JSS leader, and attacked Mintu Chakma, a NGO activist, with sticks and iron rods in Rangamati town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asked to comment on JSS allegation that UPDF was behind the attack on Santu Larma, UPDF leader Shanti Dev Chakma said, \u201cThis is completely baseless. 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