পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (একাদশ খণ্ড).pdf/২১৭

বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র : একাদশ খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ ১১। বাংলাদেশ হানাদার বাহিনীর নৃশংসতা সম্পর্কে | বাংলাদেশ আর্কাইভস | ২৩ নভেম্বর, ১৯৭১ বাংলাদেশ সশস্ত্র বাহিনীর একটি প্রেস বিজ্ঞপ্তি মুজিবনগর BANGLADESH FORCES H. Q., MUJIBNAGAR. 23rd NOV., 1971 PRESS RELEASE PAKISTANIARMY ATROCITIES IN BANGLADESH The details of the sordid tale of atrocities committed by the Pakistani army during the last 7 months in occupied Bangladesh may never be known fully. But as the Mukti Bahini is liberating the occupied areas-the truth is gradually unfolding. Each area is revealing its own story of horror and agony. Bhurungamari-once a peaceful township in northern Rangpur district-is an example of such ravished Bangladesh town which has suffered the ordeal of Pakistani army occupation during the last six months. Bhurungamari along with a large tract of northern Rangpur was liberated by Mukti Bahini on the night 14/15th of November. What the valiant freedom fighters found in the town—may very well be one of the most sordid tales in human history. The horrors of Nazi concentration camps or the depravity of medieval hordes pale into insignificance beside the atrocities committed by the officers and Jawans of the 25th Battalion of the Punjab Regiment of Pakistan army stationed at Bhurungamari. The town looked virtually deserted as the Mukti Bahini advanced inch by inch-silencing one enemy bunker after another. The Pakistani troops retreated to their final shelter-a local Govt. Office building when they turned into a miniature fortress. The enemy troops commanded by Capt. Ataulla Khan and Artillery Officer 2/Lt. Mohammad Nawaz kept on a continuous barrage of fire from LMG, HMG and mortars. But the freedom fighters using mortar and MMG fire-led a swift and overwhelming assault on the enemy position. In a fierce battle the enemy was overpowered and Bhurungamari after six months of enemy occupation was freed. The fleeing Captain of the Pakistani troops was shot dead by the Commander of the liberators himself. Twenty-five enemy dead bodies were seen lying around the building. 11 enemy soldiers along with the artillery Officer Lt. Nawaz were taken prisoner while the rest of the enemy managed to escape in the dark. It was at that time at the height of their victory—the valiant freedom fighters were in for the greatest shock of their lives. On hearing from one of the locked rooms they forced open the door and found 25 half starved and ill-clad women some as young as 10 or 11 years old. They all looked dazed and mentally unbalanced. Another group of freedom fighters found a number of men and children locked in a nearby school building.