An activist of the United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) was shot dead allegedly by rivals at Rangipara in Naniarchar upazila of Rangamati district on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Subahu Chakma alias Giri, 55, son of Biraj Mohon Chakma of the upazila and assistant director of UPDF. Quoting local people, Sujon Haldar, officer-in-charge of Naniarchar Police Station, said some members of UPDF opened fire on Giri around 9 am, leaving him dead on the spot. A team of police has been sent to the spot to investigate the incident, he said. Also read: Youth killed in gunfight between 2 UPDF factions in Khagrachhari The motive behind the killing could not be known immediately.  

A leader of a Chittagong Hill Tracts-based political group was shot dead allegedly by his rivals in Guimara upazila of Khagrachhari on Friday. The deceased was identified as Angthoi Marma alias Agun, 52, of the Guimara unit of United People's Democratic Front (UPDF). The crime occurred around 10am near the Dewan Para area of the upazila, said Md Rashid Ahmed, officer-in-charge of Guimara police station. Also read: Youth killed in gunfight between 2 UPDF factions in Khagrachhari According to locals, Marma was gunned down by a group of armed men while he was on his way to carry out the group's work. The body has been sent for an autopsy and the matter is under investigation, said OC Rashid. Also read: UPDF man shot dead in JSS-UPDF ‘gunfight’ in Rangamati

Army personnel conducted a drive in a den of United People Democratic Front (UPDF) and demolished its four barracks, two duty posts and a training centre at Jarulchhari in Khagrachhari early Saturday. Tipped off, some army members of Dighinala zone conducted the drive at 5am. They destroyed four barracks, two duty posts and a training centre, said Md Zahid Hasan, staff officer of Khagrachhari region of Bangladesh Army. READ: UPDF man held in Rangamati in Capt Gazi murder case The UPDF members established a temporary base for training and were harassing locals extorting money and committing other crimes, he said. Bullets were exchanged between the UPDF men and army men during the drive, he claimed. Army personnel recovered their training materials and documents from the camp, said the army officer. READ: 2 killed in JSS-UPDF gunfight in Rangamati

Security forces arrested four members of UPDF, the Chittagong Hill Tracts-based political party, along with firearms, ammunition and Tk 6 lakh cash from Vitorbanchoora area under Dighinala upazila on Tuesday.

The signing of a peace deal between PCJSS and the then Awami League government in 1997 did not mean anything only for the CHT region. It was, in fact, more than that.

Two members of United People's Democratic Front (UPDF -Prasit) were killed and an Army man was wounded Tuesday in a skirmish between UPDF and Bangladesh Army in Raoutila of Naniarchar in Rangamati.

A union parishad member was gunned down by criminals at Bonjogichhora in Jurachari upazila on Friday night.