Nagorik Samaj forms a human chain before Bangladesh National Museum in the capital yesterday protesting the rape and murder of indigenous woman Sabita Chakma at Chengi Char in Khagrachhari Sadar upazila on February 15 and the recurring violence against indigenous women. Photo: Star

Leaders of Nagorik Samaj, comprising several organisations, yesterday demanded immediate arrest of killers of indigenous woman Sabita Chakma.
They also demanded that perpetrators involved in violence against indigenous women be brought to book, and the government compensate Sabita's family.
They blamed the government's failure to implement the Chittagong Hill Tracts peace accord for recurrence of such incidents.
On February 15, Sabita, 30, was allegedly murdered after rape near the Chengi river at Chengi Char in Khagrachhari sadar upazila while she was mowing grass for cattle. Her husband and villagers later found her disrobed body.
The husband, Debaratan Chakma, filed a murder case with Khagrachhari Police Station against a trucker Mohammad Nizam and four others. Rights activist Khushi Kabir said a group was trying to suppress the incident.