Abduction of Kalpana Chakma Recalled
'Crimes in hill districts go up as perpetrators go unpunished'
The leaders of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS), Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Mohila Samilty and Hill Women's Federation (HWF) yesterday reiterated their demand for proper implementation of the CHT peace accord for greater interest of jumma people. They made the demand at a meeting jointly organised by CHT Mohila Samilty and HWF in remembrance of the role of Kalpana Chakma, former organising secretary of HWF, on the 16th anniversary of her abduction yesterday. Kalpana Chakma was kidnapped allegedly by security personnel from her house at New Lalyaghona under Baghaichhai upazila in Rangamati 16 years ago but the law enforcers have failed to rescue her or trace out the abductors, speaker said at the meeting at district Shilpakala Academy. As the perpetrators of such crimes go unpunished, incidents of human rights violation including murder and rape of indigenous women and children have continued in hills, they said. In absence of full implementation of CHT Hill Tracts Peace Treaty, land disputes in the hills are increasing day by day and criminal activities like murder, rape and abduction continue, they said, adding that anti peace treaty elements must be eliminated paving the way for full implementation of the accord. They demanded removal of Justice Khademul Islam Chowdhury from the post of chairman of CHT Land Dispute Resolution Commission and bringing amendment to the commission act to make it truly functional to resolve land disputes in CHT.
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