Kalpana Chakma

Kalpana Chakma is an indigenous women's rights activist of Bangladesh who was abducted on 12 June 1996 from her home at Lallyaghona village by the members of the Bangladesh Army. Kalpana Chakma is still missing, it is feared that she might have been killed if she did not agree to marry Lieutenant Ferdous, the army officer who led the abduction.

The Government of Bangladesh has not disclosed the findings of the commission of inquiry and her whereabouts remained unknown.

Abduction of indigenous Jumma women is not unusual in the CHT. Abduction and forced marriage of Jumma women are used as a technique to integrate the Jummas into the Islamic Bangladeshi society.

External links

* [http://web.amnesty.org/library/pdf/ASA130012000ENGLISH/$File/ASA1300100.pdf]
* [http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:s9RXdCO2I9YJ:www.angelfire.com/ab/jumma/rape/kalpana.html+Kalpana+Chakma&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=nz]
* [http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:h3_XVloKhREJ:www.hrw.org/reports/1997/WR97/ASIA.htm+Kalpana+Chakma&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=12&gl=nz]
* [http://thedailystar.ws/2007/06/13/d70613060573.htm]