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From January to June 2025, the trend is noticeably getting height with the crimes upon the Jumma women, such as, raping, killing after raping, attempting to rape, eve teasing and cheating by the Muslim Bengali settlers, Bengali people coming from outside, laborers, and other professional individuals.
Out of 103 incidents from January to June 2025, 15 incidents of violence against Jumma women and girls were committed by state and non-state actors, and at this, 16 women were felt prey to human rights violations. On 20 June 2025, during the military campaign conducted by Alikadam army Zone 2nd-inCommand, Major Md. Manjur Hossain, PSC, in Muktajan Tripura Para under Tankaboti Union of Bandarban Sadar Upazilla, 2 Jumma women became victims of sexual assault and 3 other women were harassed.
The army personnel carried out sexual molestation upon the first 2 aforesaid women while 3 other women of advanced stage compelled to stand in the rains for a long time. In the area closed to Khamtang Para under Rowangchari of Bandarban hill district, one mentally retarded tender aged girl (16) belongs to Khiyang indigenous group was raped by one Md. Jamal Hossain (32), a laborer coming from outside on 10 March 2025. Major Sarwar, commander of Khamtang Para Army Camp under the 5 East Bengal Regiment of the Bandarban Army Zone put pressure upon the victim’s family to compromise and not to file up case with the Police Station. Consequently, the convicted rapist gets impunity. In the case with women violation, the most barbaric and brutal incident was the raping of one Khiyang married woman who was killed after raping.
On last 5 May 2025, an indigenous Khiyang woman Chingma Khiyang (29) by name, fell prey to gang raping by the Bengali laborers and was killed after raping in the area of Ward No.8 under Tindu Union of Thanchi Upazila. The post mortem report has not yet been given to her husband, let alone the proper investigation of the incident. Thus, how the justice on the ongoing violence against the Jumma women and girls gets unavailable while the convicted are being awarded impunity. Consequently, violence upon the Jumma women is on the increase day by day.
