পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (চতুর্দশ খণ্ড).pdf/৯৫১

919 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ চতুর্দশ খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ ৩৮৭। পাক বাহিনীর গুলির আওয়াজ স্তব্ধ হিন্দুস্তান ষ্টান্ডার্ড ৩০ নভেম্বর, ১৯৭১ অতিক্রম HINDUSTAN STANDARD, NOVEMBER 30, 1971 ARMY CROSSES HILI, BALURGHAT BORDER TO SILENCE PAK GUNS By A Staff Correspondent Indian troops crossed the borders and entered two miles inside Bangladesh on Monday and silenced Pakistani guns which had been shelling the Hili and Balurghat areas since Saturday. It was essentially due to the Indian military action inside Bangladesh that border towns of Hili and Balurghat did not experience Pak shelling on Monday, Tanks and artillery are being used in the battle but no aircraft has so far gone into action. The Pakistanis, who threw a squadron of 14 tanks in the battle lost three on Saturday and one on Sunday. One Indian tank was damaged when struck by an antitank mine. In the encounter, at least 160 Pakistani soldiers have been either killed or wounded. Casualties on Indian side are officially stated to be 35. Tarun Ganguly reporting from Patiram near Balurghat says that this call gave the people of the town an opportunity to get themselves and their belongings shifted to adjoining areas beyond the range of the Pak artillery, Men, women and children were seen moving to safer zones in West Dinajpur and Maida districts. Authoritative sources said that already 25 per cent of the town's population had shifted to safer zones. Through the officials were providing the people willing to migrate with transportation facilities there was no official plan for a large scale evacuation from the area. The schools and colleges in Balurghat are closed as a safety measures. In Hili several houses are riddled with bullets and gaping chasms caused by heavy artillery fire from across the border, Fighting has been going on since Saturday morning in Bangladesh territory about two miles from the border in the Hili and Balurghat areas of West Bengal according to the Government spokesman in New Delhi. "According to latest reports" an official Note said on Monday evening, "Pakistani troops on Sunday mounted a counterattack on Indian troops which had taken defensive action on Saturday following heavy Pakistani shelling of civilian areas in West Dinajpur district of West Bengal. The fighting is still going on."