DYF members beaten by JSS Santu faction

chtnews.com
News No. 202/2009, November 18, 2009

As the Jumma women were putting up a brave fight against the army during their peaceful road block in Ghilachari yesterday, the pro-government JSS (Santu) beat up three members of the Democratic Youth Forum in Chittagong.

The DYF members came under attack of the JSS men at 10:30pm when they were putting up posters announcing the Hill Women’s Federation’s upcoming central council.

The council will be held from 20 – 23 November in Chittagong.

The JSS people were 15 – 16 in number and led by Bakul Chakma, Romel Chakma and Bhaskar Chakma.

The tortured DYF members have been identified as Dipu Chakma, 22, son of Kanchon Moni Chakma of village Barazhola Para, Matiranga; Polen Chakma, 28, son of Shanti Kumar Chakma of village Baghaihat, Sajek; and Tapan Chakma, 21, son of Adi Chandra Chakma of village Harubil, Panchari.

DYF General Secretary Mithun Chakma condemned the attack on his organisation’s members, and urged the JSS to come to senses, shun violence and join the struggle of the Jumma people for survival.

He said “the JSS should have supported the Ghilachari movement instead of killing, kidnapping and beating its own brethren.”