Gun attacks on and police obstruction in three hill districts on Tuesday marred the hill people's demonstrations against the imposition of Bengali nationality on national and linguistic minorities in the 15th amendment to the constitution.
The United People's Democratic Front has called a blockade of road and waterway in three hill districts for July 20–21 denouncing the amendment.
The party's associate body of students Pahari Chhatra Parishad also called a student strike in all educational institutions in the hill districts for July 14 for the same cause.
UPDF supporters Shimul Chakma and Newton Bikash Chakma were wounded with bullet after unnamed people fired into the human chain at Shilachhari. Eight more sustained injuries.
The human chain also faced obstruction at Ghagra in Rangamati. Crude bombs were exploded.
The UPDF blamed the Santu Larma-led Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samiti for the attacks but the PCJSS brushed aside the allegation outright.
In Bandarban, the police did not allow human chains in front of the local press club. A human chain was later formed at Balaghata.
Thousands of hill people took to the streets in three hill districts with human chains on highway and roads in Khagrachari and Rangamati and at places in Bandarban at the call of UPDF.
Source : New Age
