57 surrendered extremists become self-reliant in Rajshahi

RAJSHAHI, A total of 57 extremists, who came back to normal life after surrendering to the administration, have become self- reliant during the last three years. District administration had launched two projects one each in Bagmara and Tanore upazilas for their rehabilitation together with making them self- reliant through financial support from the government after their surrender in 2019. Most of the extremists who surrendered belonged to the outlawed “Purba Banglar Communist Party”, “New Purba Banglar Communist Party”, “Nakshal”, “Purba Banglar Sarbahara” and “North Bengal-based Kadamati”. In 2020, they were given Taka 50,000 each. They were also given scopes of farming fish, domestic animals and vegetables on 90 bighas of land in the two upazilas. The surrendered extremists are being rehabilitated through integrated agro- farm projects with supervision of “Rajshahi Swapnachash Integrated Agriculture Cooperative”, a non-government organisation. The organisation has brought the extremists b
ack to normal life leaving behind their dark life through income-generating activities leading them to self-reliance during the last three years. Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha