পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (তৃতীয় খণ্ড).pdf/৮৬৭

835 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ তৃতীয় পত্র শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ বাংলাদেশের সপক্ষে আনুগত্য প্রকাশের এশিয়ান রেকর্ডার, ৩-৭ অক্টোবর, আরো ঘটনা- অক্টোবর ৩-৭, ১৯৭১ নভেম্বর ১৯-২৫, ১৯৭১ ՏԵԳՏ More Defections To Bangladesh: The First Secretary of the Pakistani Embassy in Katmandu, Mr. Mustafizur Rahman, switched his allegiance to the Bangladesh Government on October 3. Mr. Rahman, a 29-year-old Bengali, who was also head of the chancery, told a news conference at his residence that he had taken this "bold" decision after six months of "the worst mental agony in my life." He said he had communicated his decision to the Nepalese Prime Minister, Mr. K. N. Bisht, from whom he sought permission to stay on in Nepal as the special envoy of the Bangladesh Government till it was liberated, he had also sought the Nepalese Government's protection for himself and his family-wife and two children- from physical, mental or material harm” that may be caused by West Pakistanis living in Nepal. On October 4, Mr. Humayun Rasheed Choudhury, Minister-Counsellor, and Head of Chancery in the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi, on October 4 switched his allegiance to Bangladesh. In a statement, Mr. Choudhury said that "history will certainly indict Yahya Khan not only for the fiendish genocide of innocent people but also for having provoked the disintegration of Pakistan. It is he, and not Sheikh Mujibur Rahman that should be tried not only for crimes against Pakistan but also for crimes against humanity." His announcement came within a few hours of the escape of his personal assistant, Mr. Fariduddin Ahmed, who along with his wife and four children had scaled the boundary wall of the High Commission to freedom. With Mr. Choudhury and Mr. Ahmed, the number of Bengali employees in the Pakistan High Commission, who had switched allegiance to Bangladesh, was now 13, including three diplomats. There was one Bengali diplomat and 11 other Bengali staff members still in the High Commission. On October 7, Mr. Rizaul Karim, Counsellor in the High Commission, in London said he was severing all connexion with the Government at Islamabad and declaring allegiance to the Republic of Bangladesh. Mr. Karim later joined the Bangladesh mission in London.