পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (অষ্টম খণ্ড).pdf/৫৫৪

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৫২৭ বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র : অষ্টম খন্ড “They burnt my house and all I have. What am I to do? I am 55-with a family of 10, and I have nothing now.” The road from Agartala is as tragic and sorrowful as the over crowded refugee camps. With fixed stares and utter hopelessness written on their faces the frail Bengalis march northwards in search of shelter and food. The stream is never ending. Schools and Government offices have been turned into huge dormitories but space is limited and most families are in the open. A great number of women and children have constructed pathetic grass huts. Sanitation is non-existent, the heat is stiffing, and the stench is unbearable. Pools of stagnant water are seen everywhere and an epidemic could break out at any ITIOITIĊIlt. THE SUNDAY TIMES 20"JUNE, 1971 POGROM IN PAKISTAN Teachers, Writers, Journalists Eliminated Magistrates shot, Doctors disappear Gestapo-like raids, rape, extortion. LAST WEEK the Sunday Times published a first-hand report by Anthony Mascarenhas about the excess of the Pakistan Army in East Pakistan. Now we have had news-more up to date and detailed and perhaps even more horrifying of what is happening in East Pakistan. This is not by Anthony Mascarenhas, but it comes to us from academic and professional sources we know to be unimpeachable. A NEW campaign of terror has begun in East Pakistan. its aim is to eliminate any possibility of another secessionist uprising or political challenge to the unity of the State. The Military government in Dacca has ordered a two-pronged follow-up to its defeat of the Bangla Desh forces in the field. First, all public servants, teachers, writers, journalists and industrialists are being screened. Second, anyone considered potentially dangerous is being “eliminated”. Army intelligence has already begun arresting and interrogating teachers, journalists and other influential Bengalis. A list of suspects, thought to- be either supporters or sympathizers of the secessionist Awami League has been prepared. They are being classified in three categories-white, grey and black. The white will be given clearance. The grey will lose their jobs and may be imprisoned. The black will be shot. Action against the Civil Service has already begun and 36 Bengali District Magistrates and sub-divisional officers have either been killed or have fled to the other side.