{"id":5756,"date":"2025-11-29T18:30:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T12:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/?p=5756"},"modified":"2025-11-30T08:45:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T02:45:38","slug":"updf-member-arrested-by-the-army-in-matiranga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/2025\/11\/29\/updf-member-arrested-by-the-army-in-matiranga\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDF Member Arrested by the Army in Matiranga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Matiranga Correspondent, CHT News<\/strong><br \/>\nSaturday, 29 November 2025<\/p>\n<p>An activist of the United Peoples\u2019 Democratic Front UPDF has been arrested in Matiranga of Khagrachari district.<\/p>\n<p>He has been identified as Ripon Tripura (28), son of Rohendra Tripura, from Punarbasan village, Ward No. 1, Guimara Sadar Union.<\/p>\n<p>According to sources, today, Saturday (29 November 2025) at around 12:30 pm, a group of army personnel from the Matiranga Zone arrested him and took him to the zone while he was on his way to Rasulpur in Matiranga town for organizational work.<\/p>\n<p>After interrogation and alleged torture, he was reportedly handed over to Matiranga Police Station at around 3:30 pm.<\/p>\n<p>Zhimith Chakma, an organizer of the Matiranga\u2013Guimara Unit of the UPDF, stated that the reports in some media claiming that a \u201cwalkie-talkie and extortion receipt book\u201d were recovered from him are false and that he did not have anything of that sort in his possession.<\/p>\n<p>He demanded the immediate and unconditional release of Ripon Tripura.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matiranga Correspondent, CHT News Saturday, 29 November 2025 An activist of the United Peoples\u2019 Democratic Front UPDF has been arrested in Matiranga of Khagrachari district. 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