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Rangamati tense again

Shantibahini gunmen kill five more

From Staff Correspondent
CHITTAGONG. May 25 Tribal Insurgents Monday gun ned down five more people near Rangamati town, officials said
They said that the outlawed Shantibahini gunmen opened line on a group of construction workers at KMMK road, six miles from the town, killing live non-tribals on the spot.
Three others were also wounded in the shoot-out. they said
With the latest ambush Monday, the death toll in the troubled hill areas rose Io 25 In the last 15 days
Monday's victims were identified as Mainur Rahman. Ainul Huq. Nurunnabi. Mu ham mad SI raj and Samaruddin
Of the Injured, a conatnx Hon worker Azizu) Huq was admitted to the local hospital with grievous Injuries Two others were released after first aid
Offic ials said that the group of 19 construction workers came under the attack while on their way back home from a construction site in Rangamati
town The rest of the workers escaped the attack
Security forces rushed to spot and began a search for the culprits
The bodies of the slain were sent to the local hospital for autopsy
Meanwhile, tension that eased in Rangamati town alter Section 144 was Imposed following violence between two student groups Wednesday, gripped the town again following the latest killings, residents told The Daily Star over telephone.
The killings touched off protests by leaders of various local organisations.
Those who protested the killings included Convenor of the Chittagong Human Rights Preservation Committee, President of the Bangladesh Human Rights Commission, Presidents of district Awami League and BNP. the Coordinator Rangamatl Oikya Pari-shad and former Presidential and Adviser B K Dewan.
UNB adds: a meeting to review the overall situation at Rangamatl town following last week's trouble was held with Deputy Commissioner Aftab Uddin Ahmed in the chair, re ports UNB.
The meeting urged the residents of the town not to pay heed to any rumors and asked them to guard against all sorts of propaganda
It was attended among others by former presidential advisors — Subimal Dewan and Bonoy Kumar Dcwan. Raja Debashis Roy. BNP leader Nazlmuddin. Awami League leader Rehan Uddin, local government representative Gano Bikash Chakma. president of Pahari Chhatra Partshad Prolsfth Khtsha and the elite of the town.
Today s meeting, called by
the Deputy Commissioner, de . elded to form a 'Communal Harmony Restoration Com- | mittee". with prominent ' leaders and the elite, to main 1 tain peace and harmony in the town.
The meeting asked the town-dwellers to help the in quiry committee, recently formed to probe Into the May 20 Incident in the town and urged the government to send more relief goods for the victims of the area.
It also told the members of the Pahari Chhatra Partshad to refrain from giving mislead ing statements. Central lead ers of the Partshad were present at the meeting.
Later in the evening. Chakma King Debashish Roy held a press conference al which he sought all out cooperation from the community in maintaining peace.
He expressed his surprise at recent press reports that said the Pahari Chhatra Pari-shad reportedly held meeting at his residence. He said no such meeting was held at his residence.
'I will work my level best to restore the communal harmony in the town', he said, adding 'I am ready to work shoulder to shoulder with the local leaders for the im prove ment of situation here.'
Meanwhile. Section 144 Imposed by the authorities, continued for the sixth consecutive day today when no untoward Incident was-reported.