BENGALI settlers are reportedly making attempts to occupy hundreds of acres of cultivable land belonging to Jumma people in Naniachar under Rangamati district.
Sources said hundreds of Bengali settlers from Islampur had been planting paddy on “fringe” lands belonging to Jumma people in Gobindabil since morning today.
Fringe lands are those categories of lands which reappear when the Kaptai lake water recedes.
The settlers’ attempt comes two days after the military launched a massive operation in Naniachar and Kudukchari areas.
The operation, during which at least two innocent villagers were arrested, is believed to have been designed to instill a sense of fear among the Jumma people.
The United Peoples Democratic Front (UPDF) has condemned the settlers’ attempt to grab Jumma people’s land and urged the authorities concerned to take effective measures to safeguard the legal rights of the Jumma villagers to the land in question.
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