UPDF BANGLADESH
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Sensation prevailed after two activists of the United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF), the regional political party based in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh have been shot dead in Rangamati.

According to a bdnews24.com report, the killing took place around 2 am on Friday in Ramsupari Para area along the border of Mahalchhari in Naniarchar Upazila.

The deceased have been identified as Akorshan Chakma, aged around 42 years and Shyamal Kanti Chakma Sumanta, aged around 30 years.

The two victims, according to information, recently left a reformist unit of Parbatya Chattogram Jana Sanghati Samiti and joined the UPDF.

A group of people went to their residences and gunned them down, the report quoted the police who were briefed by the locals.

Meanwhile, some of the UPDF leaders blamed the Parbatya Chattogram Jana Samhati Samiti (MN Larma) for the murders.