Concerned at the volatile situation in the three hill districts, the committee instructed the ministry to solve the problems through the Land Commission and the taskforce on the Chittagong Hill Tracts.

A meeting will also be held between the government and Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samiti (PCJSS) Chairman Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma to discuss the irritants, Muhammad Mosharaf Hossain, chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on the CHT affairs ministry, told newspersons.

The committee also decided to visit the districts soon to probe the reasons for the present situation, marked by hartal and abduction.

State Minister for Home Affairs Lutfozzaman Babar assured the parliamentary body of new steps to rescue Rupam Mahajan, who was abducted on August 24 in an incident that sparked a wave of violence in Mahalchhari in Khagrachhari, burning 400 houses and killing two indigenous people.

The committee did not discuss the threat by Larma that if the demand for withdrawal of army from the CHT and implementation of the 1997 peace accord was not met by December 31, the PCJSS would start a tough movement.

On implementation of the peace deal that ended two decades of bush war in the CHT, Moazzem Hossain Alal, a committee member, said: "We want to do everything to implement the accord -- mindful of our standing that our independence and integrity will not be at risk."

Justice AM Mahmudur Rahman, chairman of the Land Commission, and Samiran Dewan, chairman of the taskforce on CHT, briefed the body on their initiatives to resolve land dispute and refugee problem.

Mosharaf presided over the meeting at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban.