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25 May 2009, 18:00 PM

NATIONAL

Our Correspondent, Rangamati

The Buddhist community people in the district on Sunday took out a procession in the town and held a rally on the premises of Rangamati Deputy Commissioner's office protesting what they claimed harassment of a monk by security personnel in Naniachar upazila on Thursday. In the rally, the speakers said, 18 locals were called to the zone camp on Sunday and asked to refrain from organising protests against the incident. The incident happened when Bishuddananda Bhante, chief monk of Naniachar Ratnankur Buddhist Temple, crossed the check post at Bogachhari violating signal.