Laksham; Chandpur. Feni, Khulna, Daulatpur. Kaligang. Jhinida, Chuadanga, Meherpur, Narail. Kushtia. Bheramara, Kumarkhali, Alamdanga, Pabna. Shahjadpur. Rajshahi. Nawab ganj. Rangpur. Santahur. Parbatipur. Lalmonirhai. Nilphaman. Dinajpur. Bogra. Sherpur, Mymenshingh, Tangail. Jamalpur and Jaidebpur.
The West Pakistani troops are following the most heinous method of fighting a war. Before they send troops to a particular area they are bombing and strafing indiscriminately. By this, ordinary people are scared away and then their troops start arriving. On their way, they stop, kill anybody they find in front of them, loot houses, banks, jewellery shops, rape women, steal food grain and cattle and finally set lite villages on fire.
Hospitals and medical centers have been bombed, nurses and sisters have been driven away from their patients, clergymen have been persecuted and missionaries were made to broadcast at gun point at Rajshahi. A huge population of Christians have been turned into refugees and there are many instances of churches and mosques being shelled and damaged
In last six weeks although many areas have been bombed, liberation army has grown in strength (approximately 100,000). Adopting guerilla methods they have been extremely successful in not only resisting the West Pakistani troops but also in recapturing many towns and arcas by cither killing them or driving them away. All their cantonments and military bases are at present fully surrounded by liberation forces and air lifting remains to be their only means of communication. All major bridges have been blown up and river ways are never safe for them. Recruitment and training centers have been opened and short but effective guerilla courses are given to the youths who are pouring in every day in thousands to take up arms and defend their beloved land.
In the meantime, however, the elected representatives of the people of Bangladesh considered it to be their sacred duty to protect the life, liberty and property of their fellow countrymen and assembled in Mujibnagar, the new capital of our country. On the 10th day of April 1971. having held mutual consultations and in order to ensure for the people of Bangladesh equality, human dignity and social justice, the said elected representatives declared and constituted Bangladesh as to be a sovereign People's Republic and thereby confirmed the Declaration of Independence that had already been made by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, undisputed leader of the 75 million people of Bangladesh A Capital has been formed with Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as the President of the Republic
The Liberation Forces have allowed the West Pakistani troops to extend as much as they can only to surround them and fight them out at their own choice. The West Pakistani troops are, therefore, in effect, in control of only some cantonment towns or where they have military concentration. Even most of the towns and the small areas which have once been taken over by West Pakistani troops are retaken by the Liberation Forces and this process is going on for quite a long time. The Liberation Forces are now fighting to recapture Chittagong, Comilla. Sylhet and Jessore towns and continuous fighting is going on in these places.
