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CHT violence: Probe body visits affected areas in Khagrachhari

UNB . Khagrachhari
29 Sep 2024 17:18:28 | Update: 29 Sep 2024 17:18:28
CHT violence: Probe body visits affected areas in Khagrachhari
Fires engulf shops in Larma Square area in Khagrachhari during violent clashes between indigenous and Bengali communities on September 19, 2024 — File Photo

The probe body formed to investigate the recent violence in Rangamati and Khagrachhari districts started their activities on Sunday by visiting the Larma Square Bazar, which was set on fire on September 19, in Dighinala upazila of Khagrachhari district.

Led by Chattogram Additional Divisional Commissioner and also the Chief of the probe committee, Mohammad Nurullah Nuri, Additional District Magistrate of Khagrachhari District Rozlin Shahid Chowdhury, Additional Superintendent of Police (Sadar Circle) Tafiqul Alam, Dighinala Upazila Nirbahi Officer Md Mamunur Rashid were present there.

They also visited the affected market and shops and talked to the affected traders and witnesses.

During the visit, they were informed about the violence. They requested all to live in peace after maintaining the communal harmony among them.

Nurullah Nuri said the report will be submitted after unearthing the reason behind the incident through analysing the video footage and reports published in the daily newspapers, recording the deposition of the eye witnesses and taking opinion of the experts.

Earlier, the government formed the seven-member probe body to investigate the recent violence in Khagrachhari and Rangamati districts.

The committee was asked to submit its report within two weeks.

On September 18, four people were killed and several others injured as violence flared up in the two districts centering the death of a young man over alleged theft charges in Khagrachhari.

Several houses and shops were set on fire during the violence.

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