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Time of India
31-07-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
B'deshi armed group under scanner of Mizoram Police
1 2 3 4 Aizawl: Senior police officials in Mizoram are reportedly taking a serious view of the alleged illegal activities of the Parbottya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJSS), a Bangladeshi armed group led by Jyotirindra Bodhipriyo Larma alias Santu Larma, in both Mizoram and Tripura. A senior police official said appropriate action will be taken against the Bangladesh-based Chakma outfit if its cadres are found venturing into Mizoram and indulging in illegal activities, as they have reportedly done in the past. Hundreds of people, both tribals and non-tribals, on Wednesday protested at Nutan Bazaar in South Tripura, submitting a memorandum to their CM Manik Saha, demanding expulsion of members of the Bangladeshi armed group from India. According to the memorandum, the PCJSS (Santu faction) has been accused of spoiling the lives of youths in the northeast through drug trafficking, using India as a shelter after committing murders in Bangladesh, and also carrying out anti-India activities from Bangladesh. This includes the alleged formation of the Tripura United National Front (TUNF) and sheltering them in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHTs) of Bangladesh. In India, members of the PCJSS (Santu) group are allegedly involved in trafficking of arms, drugs (including Yaba tablets), Burmese cigarettes and cows, which protestors claim is "destroying the youths of Tripura and Mizoram." The memorandum detailed recent seizures linked to the outfit's activities. Last year on Dec 30, Tripura Police reportedly seized 2,720 Burmese cigarette packets worth Rs 9 lakh from Raishyabari in Dhalai district. Recently, on June 19, the Assam Rifles reportedly seized drugs worth Rs 10 crore from Lunglei town in Mizoram. Furthermore, on Feb 12, Mizoram Police reportedly confiscated a significant cache of weapons. On June 4, Tripura Police arrested 13 cadres of the group and subsequently deported them to Bangladesh. The protestors alleged that the PCJSS (Santu) has evolved into a "transnational trafficking gang."
Scoop
28-06-2025
- Politics
- Scoop
Statement On The Illegal Arrest Of 11 Jumma People In CHT
The International Indigenous Peoples Movement for Self-Determination & Liberation expresses utmost condemnation on the illegal and baseless arrest of eleven Indigenous Jumma People in Chittagong Hills Tract last June 19th & 20th. The eleven were arrested in two operations carried out by the Bangladesh Army. On June 19th, Suga Chakma and Bindumoy Chakma were arrested in Baghaichari Upazila, Rangamati district, and were falsely framed as collectors for the United Peoples Democratic Front (UPDF). The following day, 9 others were arrested under the pretense of being members of the Parbattya Chhattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJSS). In both operations, those arrested were framed for possessing homemade armaments, electric cables, and knives. Reports also show that those arrested had gone through torture at the hands of the Bangladesh Army before being formally turned over to the police. According to the Global Association of Indigenous Peoples of the Chittagong Hills Tract rejects the legality of this arrest and debunks claims that those arrested are insurgents. It is believed that this orchestrated operations are done to secure promotions for high-ranking military officials and receive UN peacemaking assignments. Regardless of affiliation, both the UPDF and PCJSS are not banned organizations and operate in the legal sphere. The PCJSS who has fought for national liberation in the past decades has since returned to legal-parliamentary struggle since the signing of the CHT peace accord. These attacks however show the lack of sincerity from the Bangladeshi government to genuinely implement the accord, and a clear treachery of Indigenous Peoples confidence and trust. If the government is serious about peace, it must show so through its actions. The IPMSDL is outraged to learn about this news, and thus demands the immediate release of all those arrested in the June 19 & 20 operations. Likewise we support the call to urgently hold accountable the military officials responsible for the arrest and torture of Indigenous Peoples.
News18
04-06-2025
- General
- News18
Bangladeshi Rebels Demanding Separate State Detained By Tripura Police
Last Updated: Police officials suspect the detainees are part of a Chakma outfit with past ties to a movement that wanted a separate state out of Bangladesh. Tripura Police on Tuesday night detained 13 injured members of a Bangladesh-based group, including two women, from a rented house near Agartala. The detainees, suspected to be part of a Chakma community organisation active in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, will be pushed back to Bangladesh soon, officials told news agency IANS. According to preliminary reports, the group crossed the international border illegally through Raishyabari in Dhalai district following a violent clash with a rival outfit in Bangladesh's Panchari region last week. Several members have visible injuries, with bandages on their legs and arms. Senior police officials interrogated the group throughout Wednesday before handing them over to the Mobile Task Force (MTF), which later transferred them to the Border Security Force (BSF). A joint repatriation effort is expected soon. The armed clash they fled from is believed to be part of the long-running tensions in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, a region historically affected by ethnic insurgency. The Shanti Bahini insurgency, driven by the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJSS), ended formally with a peace accord signed with the Bangladesh government in 1997. The PCJSS, formed in 1972 under Manabendra Narayan Larma, initially pushed for autonomy for the indigenous Jumma peoples of the Chittagong Hill Tracts. Their demands included a separate legislative body for the Chittagong Hill Tracts, constitutional protection for tribal customs, and preservation of traditional leadership. Although the group officially sought autonomy within Bangladesh, elements of its armed wing, the Shanti Bahini, reportedly pursued full sovereignty. Larma had also protested the Bangladesh Constitution's draft, calling for complete separation. The insurgency waged by the Shanti Bahini ended with the 1997 CHT Peace Accord, which granted limited autonomy and led to the group's disarmament. The PCJSS has since operated as a political party, demanding full implementation of the agreement. However, reports of sporadic violence and tension have persisted, particularly following the fall of Sheikh Hasina's Awami League government in August 2024. Since then, there have been multiple allegations of attacks on indigenous communities in the CHT by security forces and illegal settlers. Many Chakmas continue to live under fear of reprisal and political marginalisation. The Chakma people, predominantly Buddhist, are native to the CHT in southeast Bangladesh, as well as Myanmar's Chin and Arakan regions, and several northeastern Indian states. Tripura, which shares an 856-kilometre border with Bangladesh, remains particularly vulnerable to such cross-border movements due to its porous terrain and the ongoing unrest just across the international boundary. First Published: June 04, 2025, 23:24 IST
Indian Express
04-06-2025
- General
- Indian Express
13 Bangladeshis with ‘suspected political links' held in West Tripura
Thirteen Bangladeshi citizens, including two women, were detained from Hapania on the outskirts of Agartala in West Tripura district on the suspicion that they had entered India illegally, police said on Wednesday. After a long interrogation by police and security agencies, they were handed over to the mobile task force. In the preliminary probe, it was found that they had crossed the international border illegally via Raishyabari in Dhalai district. Some of the male Bangladeshis had bandages on their legs. According to sources, they were suspected to have connections with the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJSS), a political group in Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill Tracts. They allegedly travelled more than 170 km from the border to get medical treatment in Agartala. However, there is no official statement about their political identity. In January, the police arrested a Bangladeshi national in possession of illegal firearms, ammunition, and Indian and Bengali currency notes from the Milanchakra area of the Tripura capital. Tripura shares an 856-km-long border with Bangladesh, much of which is covered with barbed-wire fences, except for a few patches.
