Tribal youths in Tripura staged a protest against the alleged atrocities being committed on Hindus and tribals by Muslim fundamentalists in Bangladesh Habiganj district, which adjoins Tripura.
Hundreds of tribal youths under the banner of 'Bangladesh Visa Office Abhiyan' organised Youth IPFT (Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura) took to the streets here raising slogan against the shameful communal attack on Tripuris in Bangladesh.
On June 25 in the India-Bangladesh bordering Khowai area more than 200 Hindu tribal population of Hobiganj district of Bangladesh due to the atrocity by the Muslim fundamentalist were compelled to take shelter in the border. In protest against this, on June 29 a six members committee of Youth IPFT had meet the Bangladesh Deputy High Commissioner at Agartala the Youth IPFT is protesting against this jointly along with the students unions," said Kashiram Tripura, one of the protesters.
He also said that they have written to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina requesting for assuring the safety and security of two lakh Tripuri community people along with the Chakma and minority Hindu people in Bangladesh.
The protest rally started from the stable ground here and went through the streets of Agartala.
It may be recalled that on 25 June around 168 Bangladeshis, most of them women and children from a minority tribal community, has taken shelter in the Tripura-Bangladesh border fleeing alleged atrocities back home.
The incident took place at Champahowar village (under Khowai district), around 110 km west of Tripura state capital Agartala.
Last year, in a similar incident, more than 250 Chakma tribal families tried to enter Tripura from the southern side close to the Chittagong Hill Tracts but later returned.
