Chattogram, Oct. 23 -- More than 100 indigenous people were injured after the Bangladesh Army allegedly baton-charged protesters in Sajek in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) on October 22, the Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) has claimed.
The protesters were demanding the removal of armed cadres of the Parbotto Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJSS), while the rights group alleged that those injured were being denied medical treatment to prevent the incident from coming to light.
The protests have been going on intermittently since October 11, with Buddhists affiliated with the Sajek Gono Odhikar Rokkha Committee and the Sajek Karbari Association blocking roads to demand the removal of PCJSS armed cadres.
When the blockade resumed on...