Wednesday, August 7, 2013

380 affected Tripura villagers of 4 villages in Taindong yet to return their homes

#‎Update‬: 380 affected Tripura villagers of 4 villages in Taindong yet to return their homes;

Following communal tension and fearing attack of Bengalisettlers, on 3 August 2013, a total of 380 families of indigenous Tripuracommunity including 59 families from Purabari village, 165 from Headman Para,140 from Laifu Kumar Karbari Para and 20 families from Krishna Doyal KarbariPara under Taindong union of Matiranga upazila fled into the neighbour Panchariupazila in Khagrachari district. These families took shelter at PrafullaKarbari Para, Nabaratna Karbari Para, Moratila, Rohindra Karbari Para and SubalKarbari Para under Latiban and Ultachari union in Panchari upazila.

On 6 August 2013 a team of Tripura Kalyan Sangsad (TKS) ledby its president Suresh Mohan Tripura, general secretary Apurba Tripura andorganising secretary Bibesur Tripura visited to Prafulla Karbari Para,Nabaratna Karbari Para, Moratila, Rohindra Karbari Para and Subal Karbari Paraunder Panchari upazila and talked with these families. On facilitation of theTKS, the administration started to bring back the Tripura families fromPanchari upazila to their respective villages of Matiranga upazila in theevening of 6 August 2013.

Almost all the Chakma and Marma families who took shelter atno man’s land of Indian territory repatriated to their villages on 4 August2013. However, the families whose houses were burned took shelter on localprimary schools.

Compensation:

It is reported that Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) provided25 kg of rice, 2 kg of flattened rice and 250 gm of molasses to each familywhose houses were burnt to ashes. BGB distributed 17 kg of rice, 1 kg of salt,1 litre of soybean and 500 gm of sugar for each family. 10 kg of rice, 1gamcha, 1 lungi and 1 pachra for each family were provided by Taindong UnionCouncil. Army provided a total of 31 pieces of tent sheet and 100 lungies.

Case filed:

A case was filed against 175 people, including 30 named,with Matiranga police station in this connection on 5 August 2013. Policearrested four settlers including Md. Kamal Hossain for their allegedinvolvement in the attacks.
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Kapaeeng Foundation
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380 affected Tripura villagers of 4 villages in Taindong yet to return their homes

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