Protest continues
Hill Women's Federation (HWF) observed a roads and waterways blockade in the district yesterday, demanding punishment of the culprits who raped a Marma girl and assaulted her sister at Orachhari village in Bilaichhari of the district in the early hours of January 22.
No untoward incident happened during the dawn to dusk blockade when roads and waterways communication with 10 upazilas of Rangamati as well as Chittagong remained suspended.
However, Rangamati town areas were kept outside the blockade programme due to the ongoing SSC examinations.
Activists of HWF and Pahari Chhatra Parishad were seen picketing on roads.
In the morning picketers burnt tyres on several spots, including Rangamati-Khagrachhari link road.
“We observed the programme peacefully,” said HWF General Secretary Manti Chakma.
A large number of policemen were deployed at the entry points of Rangamati town and different other places of the district to ward off any trouble.
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