By Arakan Watch
A heart wrenching
story of a pessimistic Rohingya woman following refusal to tell a lie
Nur Hashim (a) Nur
Husain, beloved husband of Dil Johar (35) from Pha Watt Chaung (Foakhali), northern
Maungdaw- Arkan, Burma was killed on the 28th June 2017 by some Rakhine miscreants
while he was working in paddy field and was being left in a cultivated field
beside the village. He was killed only because of that he belonged to the
ethnic Rohingya community and not eager to leave his ancestral homeland
The victim Nur Husain
went to his regular work in the paddy field in the morning hours of the day of
incidence but not returned home as usual. Dil Johar informed the missing news
to her neighbours and relatives who got out inquest of him. The next day at
around 6:30 pm, she was informed by the villagers that her husband was killed
by the Rakhine Extremists and left the dead body on the spot of killing. The
villagers found him with critical wounds all around his body soon after he was
brought home. But after informing to the authority, no investigation was being
done by the government officials against the killers. Soon after informing this
unfortunate news to the government, the victim woman was blamed by the
government saying that she might know better regarding the killing of her
husband and she should deny the involvement of Rakhine extremist in this
killing.
She was brutally
arrested on 1st July and taken to the Maung Daw Thanashoak (BGP Head Quarter) –
in the name of investigation. It is a matter of great sorrow that, she was
severely tortured in brutal and inhuman manner during interrogation following
her refusal to tell a lie — ‘admitting that her husband was being killed by
Muslim miscreants not by the Rakhine extremist’. She was under arrest and
confined in the Thanashoak (BGP Head Quarter) for 4 days till forcibly giving
witness as her husband was being killed by the Muslims. She was 4 months
pregnant which has been miscarriage following severe and unbearable physical
torture.
She had been
released from such brutal tortured by paying bribe of 3,00000 of Kyats. They
also strongly warned her to appear at the Thanashoak (BGP Head Quarter) after a
week. Otherwise, the result of her fate will be unthinkable and devastated!
Imagining the upcoming catastrophes and worsening situation, the helpless woman
was compelled to decide for leaving her ancestral beloved motherland in search
of her life security. She was unable to pay any ransom more because of her
household things, gold, money, livestock and other valuable goods were taken
away from her. She was totally empty handed and facing critical economic
condition. At last, she had to flee to Bangladesh on 12th July, 2017 with her 5
children. After a long course of hindrance, she has arrived in Bangladesh at
Balukhali makeshift camp. She has been facing with different kinds of problems
especially diet, shelter, medication and clothing since her arrival. Her suffering
at the camp knows no bound and there is none to alleviate these unbound
sufferings.
There are hundreds
of innocent families like that of Dil Johar who have often been facing such
inhuman atrocities and injustice but there persists, neither any protection
from such brutality of the govt. and its state-patronised violence nor any
judicial investigations for justice. The justice and humanity today have been
jack-boated in Arakan by the wellingtons of Burmese army. The groaning of
Rohingya in Arakan is indeed a wailing of humanity. Would the world still keep
mum and be mere spectators??!