The Khagrachhari district administration yesterday lifted the nine-day-long restriction under Section 144, which had been imposed following the alleged rape of a schoolgirl. The Jumma Chhatra Janata also called off its blockade programme.
Three cases have been filed over the violence in Khagrachhari’s Sadar and Guimara upazilas following the alleged rape of a schoolgirl last week.
Wife due next month as family pleads for peace only, not a case
Section 144 still in force in Sadar, Guimara
Uneasy calm with Section 144 in force and roads under blockade
Says army personnel, BGB members injured; UPDF behind arson
Nearly 2,200 tourists escorted from Sajek to Khagrachari last night
The local administration yesterday imposed Section 144 in Khagrachhari as tensions flared during a dawn-to-dusk road blockade in the district, demanding justice for the rape of a schoolgirl.
Locals, students protest gang-rape; traffic disrupted on key routes
