PBCP against pullout of army from hill tracts

3 August 2009, 17:00 PM

Our Correspondent, Khagrachhari

Leaders of Parbattya Bangali Chhatra Parishad (PBCP) at a protest meeting yesterday urged the government to change its decision to withdraw one army brigade and 35 temporary army camps from several places in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) by September. They also threatened to paralyse life in the hill districts if their demand is not fulfilled. The meeting was held at Mukhtamanchha and presided by PBCP Khagrachhari unit president Mohammad Abdullah Al Masud. Central committee president Mohammad Alamgir Kabir was present as chief guest. Citing the incidents of killing, abduction, attacks, toll collection and other offences in CHT, the leaders warned that the law and order situation will deteriorate in the area making it a den of both national and international terrorists. Before the meeting, they brought out a procession which paraded the main roads of the hill town. They also submitted a 8-point memorandum to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina through additional deputy commissioner Mohammad Khalilur Rahman.