CHT Affairs Adviser Supradip Chakma is set to travel to the Bandarban Hill District this afternoon to meet members of the Tripura Christian community impacted by Tuesday’s arson attack.

Bandarban Deputy Commissioner Shah Mujahid Uddin and Superintendent of Police Shahidullah Kawser have already visited the 19 families whose temporary shelters were destroyed in the incident.

According to a statement from the chief adviser’s press wing, district authorities have distributed immediate food supplies and relief materials to the affected families.

District authorities have said the affected families have permanent homes in a nearby village in Lama, and the torched homes were their makeshift "Tong" homes.

Police said an FIR has been filed over the arson incident.

A Tripura community elder who filed the FIR has accused six rival Tripura Christian community members and a Bengali Muslim over the incident.

Police have arrested four people over the incident. 

Preliminary police investigations have found that the arson could be linked to a long-running rivalry between two groups of Tripura community members.

Police are seriously probing the incident and have stepped up efforts to arrest the culprits. 

The government has asked police to unearth the motive behind the attack at the earliest possible time.

BDST: 1555 HRS, DEC 26, 2024
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