Chattogram Bureau :
Police have arrested two armed activists of the MN Larma faction of the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (JSS) in Chattogram on Sunday.
They were arrested from a house in C&B Tekbazar in Chandgaon area of the city following a raid, said Mizanur Rahman, Additional Deputy-Commissioner (North) of police.
The detainees have been identified as- Chiroroti Chakma, 23, and Mintu Chakma, 27.They conducted the raid at the house in C&B Tekbazar receiving a tip, Mizanur Rahman told media persons .A rifle, a pistol and five rounds of bullets were recovered from the spot..””The arrestees are being interrogated.
They have confessed to working for the organization during their stay in Chattogram,” said the police official.Earlier, police had arrested Palash Kusum Chakma and Indraraj Chakma with two firearms and cartridges from the driver colony in Bayezid Bostami Thana on Feb 11. Those detainees also claimed to be the JSS-MN Larma activists.
The Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti was formed in 1972 by Manbendra Narayan Chakma with the goal of protecting their socalled
rights of the people in the hill tracts. Violence broke out in the hill tracts when their armed division, the ‘Shanti Bahini’, emerged the following year.
Police have arrested two armed activists of the MN Larma faction of the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (JSS) in Chattogram on Sunday.
They were arrested from a house in C&B Tekbazar in Chandgaon area of the city following a raid, said Mizanur Rahman, Additional Deputy-Commissioner (North) of police.
The detainees have been identified as- Chiroroti Chakma, 23, and Mintu Chakma, 27.They conducted the raid at the house in C&B Tekbazar receiving a tip, Mizanur Rahman told media persons .A rifle, a pistol and five rounds of bullets were recovered from the spot..””The arrestees are being interrogated.
They have confessed to working for the organization during their stay in Chattogram,” said the police official.Earlier, police had arrested Palash Kusum Chakma and Indraraj Chakma with two firearms and cartridges from the driver colony in Bayezid Bostami Thana on Feb 11. Those detainees also claimed to be the JSS-MN Larma activists.
The Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti was formed in 1972 by Manbendra Narayan Chakma with the goal of protecting their socalled
rights of the people in the hill tracts. Violence broke out in the hill tracts when their armed division, the ‘Shanti Bahini’, emerged the following year.
