Police arrest three over Shaktiman Chakma killing

Police have arrested three men on charge of killing six people, including Shaktiman Chakma, Naniarchar upazila chairman of Rangamati, reports bdnews24.com.

On a tip-off, police raided EPZ and Bayazid areas in Chattogarm around 2:30 am on Tuesday and arrested them, said Ahsanuzzaman, sub-inspector (SI) of Rangamati DB Police.

All of the arrestees are the leaders of a unit of the United Peoples' Democratic Front (UPDF).

Two of them are Kantamoy Chakma (35), president of Ganatantrik Jubo Forum of Chattogram metropolitan unit and Sukrity Chakma (49), general secretary of the unit. They are the residents of Khagrachhari.

Another suspect is Ziko Chakma (25), general secretary of Pahari Chhatra Parishad Committee, another unit of UPDF in Chattogram and a resident of Naniarchar Union.

Shaktiman Chakma, also a leader of Khagrachhari's Jana Sanghati Samiti (MN Larma), was shot dead on May 3.

Following the day, five people, including United People's Democratic Front (Ganatantrik) leader Tapan Jyoti Chakma, were killed in a gun attack on the road to the funeral of Shaktiman.