পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (দশম খণ্ড).pdf/২৭৪

249 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র : দশম খন্ড men. They hanged them all up side down till they died after crying and crying for long one week. One day they caught one of my men and took out both the eyes. The boy died right on the spot. After seeing all these brutalities I think a normal man could not but take revenge on that. LATITILA OPERATION (19 June 71) In war discipline gets top priority. There can be no compromise with discipline. Problem was not much with the Niomito Bahini but it was a great task to make the young Gono Bahini boys disciplined. On 18 June 71 I was out on certain jobs. On the way back at about 1400 hours I was—told that there is a flash message waiting for me in the Headquarter. On arrival I was told that a company of mine would move to Kukital BOP (India) for launching a dawn attack on Pak BOP Latitilla I was simply told that all other necessary information's would be available there. I would get artillery support for the task. However, with a company I reached Kukital at night. On arrival I was briefed by the Lt Col Deveson, Commanding Officer of 7 Raj Rif that there was a platoon strength of Pak Army defending the Latitila BOP. We shall have to assault the BOP after neutralization by the artillery fire. He also told me that two companies of his own battalion would also follow us. If required, they would give us physical support. Truly speaking, I was not at all happy to learn this. I, therefore, told him that I did not believe in follow up business. My point was either I should be given the task alone or they should do their own. He replied that he could not change the plan of his own. Then I asked him to give me some time to reccee the area but that also he disagreed. In fact, none of my troops liked that sort of hasty operation. It was about mid night I took leave of him and wanted to take some rest somewhere. I came near the foot of a hill where I found Capt Kumar (Indian) of HQ Echo Sector lying there. He asked me about the planning of the operation. I found he was also not satisfied with that planning. So we started smoking cigarettes one after another. Then suddenly rain started to fall. In that way the night ended. At 0400 hours I gave order to my company and started moving towards the objective. The distance was not much from the border. So by 0545 hours we surrounded the BOP from all sides and cut their telephone link with the rear. The BOP was situated on a small hill top and very strongly defended. All bunkers were shell proof. They were so beautifully camouflaged that nothing could be seen even from a distance of 100 years. From outside it appeared as if nobody was staying in the BOP. To find out the inside position I sent four Jowans with hand grenades to go as close to the bunkers as possible. The plan was like that after confirmation of the enemy strength and position we will pass on the message to the rear. On receipt of the message artillery guns will open fire and neutralize the enemy position and then only we will charge the BOP.