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Shantibahini agrees to sit with Oli-led body

From Nurul Alam
CHITTAGONJ. Sept 28 The Shantlbahinl has agreed to a dialogue with the parliamcn lary committee headed by the Communications Minister on any date fixed by the govern ment tn the second week of October, officials here said
The venue of the dialogue would be the Khagrachhari Circuit Mouse, they added.
At the preparatory meeting held for three hours today be tween a four-member Shantlbahinl team and a six member Liaison Committee at
Dudu kch hart under Panchhari upazila of Khagrachhari district the Shantlbahinl side com municated to the Liaison Committee the decision of the Parbattya Chattagram Janasanghatl Samlty to hold the first dialogue with a demo crattc government In Bangladesh
Officials said that the dialogue with the government committee would lx- attended by a five-member Shantlbahinl team to be led for the first time by the President of PCJSS
J B Larma alias Shanto Larma The list of the team was placed In today's preparatory meeting.
The Liaison Committee through a fetter would Imme dlately communicate to the Shantlbahinl the soecific date and decision of the govern ment. the meting agreed
Officials also said that at to day » preparatory meeting the Shantlbahinl placed some petty conditions that Included Its urging the government not to make any Irresponsible statement against It and the
maintaining of a congenial atmosphere for a solution to the 18 year-old hill tracts Issue.
However. the officials claimed that the preparatory meeting between the Shantlbahinl men and Liaison Committee was held in a very cordial atmosphere.
Meanwhile, the authorities withdrew five camps that housed over 300 members of the security forces In a move to facilitate today's preparatory meeting as demanded by Shantibehlnl
Besides, the authorities had suspended all military acttvl ties In and around the venue of the meeting. three days before It was held
UNB adds; The six member liaison body was headed by tribal leader and former UP Chairman of Khagrachharl Hangshodaza Chakma Other members of the committee are Mathuralal Chakma. Mukul Chandra Tripura. Mohammad Shafi and Arsinta Behart Khlsa. Names of the Jana Sanghatl men who attended the meeting could not be known.
Earlier meetings between the two sides had failed to produce any positive result*.
According to a report of the Bangladesh Human Rights Commission, some 7,377 people have been killed and 2.7b9 wounded In destructive activities unleashed by outlaws, operating from across the bor der, since 1976.
The tribal Insurgents also kidnapped 2,389 peopk- besides unleashing a reign of ter ror tn the three hill district*, including 579 Incidents of ar son. It said.
Meanwhile, the Chittagong Hill Tracis National Coordination and Peace
Council in a statement today urged the government to settle the Issue under the framework of the country's Constitution.
The people will never accept any decision In contravention of the Constitution.' the council said urging parliament members to devise an amicable solution to the prob km.
It also criticised the Indian authorities for resorting io the so-called "Operation Push Back" Instead of pushing back home some 21.000 tribal Bangladeshi* sheltered In camp* In (he Indian State of Tri oura.