The local administration on Monday urged the monks to reconsider their decision of not observing Kathin Chibardan, a major Buddhist festival, in the Chittagong Hill Tracts this year.
The monks would apprise of their decision in this regard soon, said officials of Rangamati district administration.
Earlier, under the banner of Parbatya Chattogram Sammilita Bhikshu Sangha, monks from 15 organisations, held a press conference in Rangamati on Sunday and announced that this year they would not observe Kathin Chibardan in the present situation of insecurity in the three hill districts.
At the press conference, they also alleged that, in most cases, the violent sectarian attacks on the national minorities were committed following direct and indirect assistance of the law enforcement and security agencies.
Rangamati deputy commissioner Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain Khan on Monday said that they had met the monks on the day and discussed with them about their announcement.
鈥楾hey will inform us within one or two days after reconsidering their decision,鈥� Mosharraf said.
He earlier told 抖阴精品 on Sunday that currently there was no insecurity in the CHT districts.
At their press conference, the monks said that the communal attacks, looting, arson, vandalism of Buddha鈥檚 statues and attacks on Buddhist temples were repeatedly perpetrated in the hill districts.
Due to the inactive role of the law enforcement and security agencies, the prevalence of these attacks multiplied, they also alleged.聽
They also mentioned that, in some cases, although the government formed probe committees for investigating the attacks, the probe reports were never published.
The Kathin Chibardan festival starts in November in Bangladesh.
Clashes between the Bengalis and national minority communities in Khagrachari erupted recently after Khagrachari Government Technical School and College teacher Sohel Rana was beaten to death on October 1 for allegedly raping a Class VII student of the Tripura community.
On September 19, sectarian violence erupted at Dighinala after a Bengali man was rumoured to be beaten to death by national minority people in Khagrachari town on September 18.
Violence rocked the CHT between September 19 and 23, leading to the deaths of four national minority people and vandalism and burning of about 200 establishments, including houses, shops, and Buddhist temples.