2 shot dead in Rangamati
A former member of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity and a child were shot dead by unidentified gunmen at Lemuchhari in Rangamati early yesterday, family members and locals said.
The dead are Ashutosh Talukdar alias Supriyo, 55, and Arannyo Chakma, 10.
As of filing this report at 1:30am today, police were yet to recover the bodies.
Abdur Rashid, officer-in-charge of Rangamati Kotwali Police Station, said, “Not finding the bodies on the spot, army and police members conducted a joint drive in the area, but there was no trace of the bodies.”
If the two were related could not yet be known, the OC added.
Talking to this correspondent over the phone, members of Ashutosh family confirmed the incident. They, however, did not give any details.
The duo went to stay at one Moloy Chakma's house on Saturday. Around 12:30am, a gang stormed the house and shot Ashutosh and Arannyo at close range, leaving them dead on the spot, locals said.
Ashutosh, a resident of Ananda Bihar in Rangamati, was an ex-operative of the PCJSS armed wing. After the signing of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord in 1997, he along with others surrendered their weapons to the then government, they said.
“We are investigating the incident,” the OC said, adding that no case was filed in this connection yet.
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