A member of the United People鈥檚 Democratic Front, a political organisation of the national minorities in the聽 Chittagong Hill Tracts, was killed in a reported gunfight with the Bangladesh Army members in Rangamati on Thursday morning.
The incident happened in Perachhara area under Naniarchar upazila.
The Bangladesh Army, following a tip-off from its intelligence agency, conducted a special drive at Perachhara at about 5:50am on the day, said a press release from the Inter Services Public Relation Directorate issued later in the evening.
During their search operations, the 鈥榚xtremists鈥� opened fire sensing army presence, said the release.
One died after sustaining bullet wounds and several other 鈥榚xtremists鈥� were injured and fled to the deep forest.
The UPDF, meanwhile, denied that the killed individual was their member, alleging that the army was actually using their organisation鈥檚 name to justify their act of extrajudicial killing.
鈥楴o UPDF member was killed. You, however, cannot kill anyone extrajudicially. Even if the killed person were our member, you cannot just kill him. He must have been tried in court,鈥� UPDF spokesperson Ongyo Marma told 抖阴精品.聽
Later, the army in a raid seized an assault rifle, two MG/sniper rounds, 90 rifle rounds, a walkie-talkie and 12 mobile phones, among other things.
The release also said that their drives would continue to find out the 鈥榚xtremists鈥� who fled.
