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Raozan calm

Sense of insecurity among Hindus still prevails

DwAlPAYAN BARUA, back from Raozan
The uneasy calm that had been hanging in the air of the two Hindu localities in Raozan over the last two days seemed to ebb yesterday, but a sense of insecurity still prevailed.
The people of Jagatmallapara and Unasatturpara, the two villages that witnessed Pakistani atrocities with the help of Salauddin Quader Chowdhury in 1971, had kept themselves confined to their homes since Monday, on the news that a war crimes tribunal would deliver verdict against Salauddin the following day.
Over the past two days, most villagers kept themselves behind the doors. Yesterday, they were seen coming out and doing household works. The two villages are home to about 150 Hindu families.
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Security was tightened in the area on Tuesday evening, after the main opposition party announced to enforce a daylong hartal in Chittagong yesterday, protesting the death sentence of Salauddin.
Despite the police presence in and around the area, villagers were seen guarding their homes by turns over the last two nights.
Meanwhile, the dawn-to-dusk hartal ended peacefully in Raozan and other parts of the port city and Rangamati.
Police took position in front of the house of Asish Chowdhury, an eyewitness to the mass killing of April 13, 1971. He lost his father that day and gave testimony in Salauddin's case.
A CNG-run autorickshaw driver, who did not bring out his vehicle over the past two days, said yesterday: "Everyone was panicked, but we have to live here in our ancestral homes."
A good number of public transport plied the streets during the hartal hours. No interdistrict buses left the city while train services were normal. However, all prescheduled Chittagong University-bound shuttle train trips were cancelled in fear of sabotage.
Police detained three pickets from near the BNP city office at Kazir Dewri around 8:00am, said Mohiuddin Selim, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station.
In Hathazari, some followers of Salauddin brought out a procession in the upazila's Bus Stand area. They also tried to put barricade on Chittagong-Khagrachhari road around noon, but police foiled the attempt, said AKM Liakat Ali, officer-in-charge of Hathazari Police Station.
Loading and unload-ing of goods at Chittagong Port was normal, said Syed Md Farhaduddin, secretary of the port.