Monday 25 July 2011

Timeline: NLFT attacks on the Chakmas?


18 July 2011:         Six Chakmas identified as Arun Chakma (35), Ganja Chakma (45), Sudhyajoy Chakma (35), Ratanjoy Chakma (27), Baisakh Chakma (30) and Sumanta Chakma (30) were kidnapped by banned NLFT at gunpoint from Debendra Karbari Para, 16 km from the Chhamau police station in Dhalai district of Tripura. Two others identified as Kahindra Tripura and Fallenjoy Tripura were also kidnapped along with the Chakmas. The militants demanded 10 lakhs as ransom for their safe release.


30 June 2011:       Golamani Chakma (23) was kidnapped by NLFT cadres from his house in Ujanbari Reang Para under Nutun Bazar police station in South Tripura district. Five Reang tribals were also kidnapped along with Golamani Chakma.

20 April 2010:        Sankar Bijoy Chakma of Apanbooli village in Dhalai District was kidnapped by six suspected NLFT militants.

14 Nov’ 2009:          Businessman Laxmi Charan Chakma (39) was abducted at gunpoint by NLFT militants from Thalcherra market under Dharamanagar subdivision in North Tripura District.

1 Oct’ 2009:         Six Chakmas identified as Jayanta Bikash Chakma, Shanti Ranjan Chakma, Janmachandra Chakma, Jyotiranjan Chakma, Koloni Mohan Chakma and Tangula Chakma were abducted by NLFT militants from Raishyabari village in Dhalai district. Three of them were released with a demand note of Rs 5 lakh for safe release of the others.

15 Dec’ 2007:       Damodhar Chakma (19) was abducted at gunpoint by from Upanbalipara  under Longthorai Valley subdivision in North Tripura district. Though NLFT was not involved, its splinter organization that broke off from the NLFT was alleged to be behind the kidnapping.

10 May 2005:      Five Chakma tribals identified as Ashok Kumar Chakma (40), Swapanjay Chakma (28), Bakrabahu Chakma (25), Sushanta Chakma (18) and Arogya Chakma were massacred by NLFT militants in Jorendrapara and Madanjaypara village under Raisyabari police station in Dhalai district. Another five Chakmas, including two women, sustained serious bullet injuries and at least 20 houses were burnt to ashes. The Chakma villagers were attacked in retaliation after the Chakmas killed a NLFT militant in February 2005 and their refusal to pay taxes to the NLFT.

8 Jan’ 2005:          Annaram Chakma was found dead from Gaynama jungle under Chhawmanu police station in Dhalai district after he was kidnapped in October 2004. He was killed on his failure to pay the ranson demanded by the NLFT.

11 March 2004:     Six Chakma tribal women, including two minor girls, were gang raped and one Gunachitra Chakma was beaten to death on the spot by the NLFT militants at Baisyaram Karbaripara, a Chakma dominated tribal village in Chhwamanu in Dhalai district. 14 more Chakmas were severely beaten up. First, the militants demanded food from the villagers and then asked the male folks to stand in a line, and were brutally beaten. Thereafter, the militants entered into the houses and started raping the girls and housewives. Before leaving, the militants also looted the belongings of the villagers.

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