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Khagrachhari

BDR camp withdrawal protested

Our Correspondent, Khagrachhari
Bangalee settlers yesterday halted a government move to pull out a BDR camp at Chhoto Panchhari under Panchhari upazila in Khagrachhari putting up barricades on the Fatemanagar-Panchhari road.
Around 400 settlers blocked the road since morning by putting trees on it to stop the authorities from dismantling “ the important border post in the back-woods”.
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An agitating settler said they have been feeling unsafe in the area since the withdrawal of army camps. The incidents of abduction and killing might rise after the BDR camp pullout, he added.
Panchhari Upazila Nirbahi Officer Sheikh Abdul Kader told The Daily Star that they failed to pull out the camp as of5:00pm.
Authorities also failed to withdraw the 30 Rifles Battalion on August 12, he added.
However, they successfully withdrew Lemuchhari Armed Police Battalion camp under Mohalchhari upazila in Khagrachari yesterday. The camp was then attached to Mohalchhari battalion.
Mohalchhari Upazila Nirbahi Officer Safiul Arif said they had withdrawn the camp on the quiet not giving Bangalee settlers any chance to protest.
A total of forty-five personnel were engaged in that camp for ensuring security in the area since 2002.
The government started withdrawing temporary army camps from the hill district last Friday as per the CHT Peace Accord, 1997 and four of them have been pulled out till date.
IN'T COMMISSION VISITS CHT
A delegation of International Commission on Chittagong Hill Tracts visited Barkal upazila in Rangamati to observe implementation of the CHT peace accord yesterday.
It had 12 members split into two groups—one led by Sultana Kamal, a rights activist, and the other by barrister Sara I lossain. They exchanged views with indigenous people and Bangalees, reports our Rangamati correspondent
Sultana Kamal's team went to Bhusionchhara, Gorasthan, Aimachhara, and Billachhara.
"We are visiting to see for ourselves the measures taken by the government to implement the peace treaty," she said adding that their commission would soon sit with the prime minister to brief her about the visit.
Sara Hossain's team visited Suvalong Bazar. They collected information on the killing of Tarun Kumar Chakma. Tarun was reportedly shot dead by the security men.
The commission members will today meet the chairman of CHT Regional Council, brigade commander, DC, SP, indigenous and Bangalee leaders.
CHT Commission was first set up in 1990 by the CHT Campaign, an Amsterdambased organization, and Copenhagen-based International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs.
On various occasions, it published reports on the hill districts.
It however had been inactive since 2000, and was reestablished as International Commission on CHT in 2008. Human rights activists and renowned civil society personalities at home and abroad are its members.