Shantu Larma | |
Native Name: | সন্তু লারমা |
Office: | President of PCJSS |
Term Start: | January 1984 |
Predecessor: | Manabendra Narayan Larma |
Birth Date: | 1944 2, df=y |
Birth Place: | Rangamati, British India |
Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
Relatives: | Manabendra Narayan Larma (brother) |
Occupation: | Businessman, politician |
Party: | Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti |
Residence: | Chittagong Hill Tracts |
Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma (known as Shantu Larma; born 14 February 1944) is a Bangladeshi Chakma politician and one of the main leaders of the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJSS).[1] He also headed the Shanti Bahini militia until it was disarmed in 1997.[2] He is the brother of late Chakma parliamentarian and PCJSS founder Manabendra Narayan Larma. He is also the president of Bangladesh Adivasi Forum (Bangladesh Indigenous Peoples Forum) and Chairman of Chittagong Hill Tracts Regional Council.