Around 50 houses of indigenous families were reportedly set on fire by
some miscreants in Matiranga upazila here on Saturday.
Locals said unidentified miscreants set fire to the houses at Bandar
Shing para, Boga para, Manudas para and Laku headman para following
abduction of Md Kamal,32, a motorbike rider, from Taindang area in the
uapzila on Saturday noon.
The victims deserted the houses following the incident.
United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF), anti-peace treaty
organisation, staged demonstration in the district town in the evening
protesting the incident.
It will enforce a dawn-to-dusk road blockade progamme in the district
Monday demanding punishment to the responsible people and compensation
for the victims.
Deputy Commissioner Md Masud Karim said 6/7 houses were torched and
additional police and BGB members were deployed to avert further
trouble.
BGB Guimara sector commander Col Emdad, Mariranga upazila parishad
chairman Md Shamsul Haq, Matiranga UNO Dr Mahe Alam visited the spot.
UNO Dr Mahe Alam said 20/25 houses were set on fire. The victims will
be rehabilitated, he added.
Meanwhile, the abducted motorbike rider was rescued from Noapara in
Taindang in the upazila around 6 pm. – UNB, Khagrachhari
