JSS urges calm as tensions rise between Hill and Bengali residents in Khagrachhari

The Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (JSS) has expressed concern over recent violence in Khagrachhari, calling on both indigenous and Bengali communities to remain calm and uphold communal harmony amid rising tensions. In a statement issued on Saturday night, the organisation urged all sides to act with patience and restraint as unrest spreads across the hilly district following alleged rape of a Marma schoolgirl. It also called on communities to protect communal harmony in view of the current national context and the approaching Durga Puja. The alleged rape of an eighth-grade Marma student took place on Tuesday night in Khagrachhari’s Singinala. Since then, protests and unrest have intensified across the hilly district. Rising tensions between hill activists and Bengali residents...