News No. 21/2018 : Wednesday,
February 7, 2018
THE army conducted
searches in Toichakma area under Patachara Union in Ramgarh Upazila on Monday,
5 February.
Soldiers from Guimara
zone went to Toichakma in two military vehicles at 5 p. m. and searched two
shops and frisked people for weapons.
They also tore down
posters and festoons put up on the occasion of the 19th founding anniversary of the UPDF.
The army men stayed
at a local school for the night and then the next morning went on to tear down
UPDF posters and pulling down festoons in several other spots, such as
Belchari, Gujapara, Morakoilya and Kalapani.
In Batnatoli and Gujapara, several
villagers and a mendicant named Upananda Bramhachari, 48, were subjected to
mass physical searches.
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