Rangamati, Jan 24 (bdnews24.com)--Rangamati hill district's indigenous residents barricaded the Dighinala-Baghaichharhi-Baghaihat road from early on Sunday after tension ran high the night before in the main town as a land dispute sparked clashes between Bengali settlers and the indigenous locals.
During the daylong road blockade staged by the hills people in Sajek valley area on Sunday morning, the Bengali settlers allegedly attacked the local people.
A local people's representative said clashes occurred when the Bangalee settlers and the local hill people stood face-to-face over land rights issues during the road blockade.
Upazila Parishad chairman Sudarshan Chakma told bdnews24.com that as a convoy of three to four buses carrying the Parbatya Bangalee Chhatra Parishad (PBCP) leaders and activists were headed for Khagrachharhi district headquarters at around 10am to join an activists' conference there, the blockaders stopped them at Naimile point. >more> http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=151882&cid=2
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