Hill Voice, 7 April 2025, Rangamati: An innocent villager has been cruelly beaten by anti-CHT Accord UPDF terrorists in Sajek Union of Baghaichari Upazila of Rangamati district. It is learnt that the UPDF terrorists carried out the beating after not receiving a large amount of extortion from the villager.

The victim villager’s name is Sadhan Priyo Chakma (45), of village-Agalachara, No.35 Bangaltuli Union, Baghaichari Upazila.

According to local sources, on April 5, 2025, Sadhan Priyo Chakma collected tiger grass (Jharu Ful) worth approximately one lakh taka from the plantation in his village and set off for Dighinala in Khagrachhari district in a vehicle for sale.

At one point, when the vehicle reached Chuknochari village in Sajek Union, a group of UPDF’s armed terrorists led by local Chief Collector Rupesh Chakma alias Eyan and Chuknochari Collector Gyana Chakma blocked the vehicle and demanded a large sum of money from Sadhan Priyo Chakma.

At that time, Sadhan Priyo Chakma refused to pay the money, saying that it was a small amount of tiger grass from his own plantation. At this, UPDF terrorists got angered and then beat Sadhan Priyo Chakma brutally and tried to destroy the tiger grass by throwing them on the road.

Then, when local villagers came there and requested and put pressure to UPDF terrorists, then they were forced to release Sadhan Priyo Chakma.

It is learnt that the local chief collector Rupesh Chakma alias Eyan lives in Amtali village of Dighinala Sadar Union of Dighinala Upazila.