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বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র : নবম খণ্ড
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 On 19/20th March 71 Capt Adjt Nazrul Haque was removed and Capt Javed Feroz (Punjabi) posted as Adjt. Bengali suppt pl comd N/Sub Moazzem Hossain was changed by a Behari Comd. Due to all these happenings Bengali EPR pers at some stage became frustrated. Noticing this I informed them not to get nervous or frustrated rather remain organized and alert and wait for the time without exposing themselves first to be victimised.

 On 23.3.71 at about 09-30 hrs, over telephone Sector Cond oredred me to arrange `Bara Khana' and variety function for the troops. At about mid day sector Comd again ordered to invite 26 IF Regi pers in Bara Hhana. At about 1600 hrs through my intelligence information reached me that a plan was made that during `Bara Khana' half of The FF Regt pers would take food wth us and the rest suddenly would appear with arms and capture our kote magazine. At once I communicated this to my trusted Bengali troops to remain alert. By the grace of Allah, nothing happened in that night and the invited left the lines after taking their Khana smoothly, though some of them came with rifle.

 On 24.3.71 mental unrest among us was created by the ugly activities of the pak force in the shape of blank firing creating tension in the town. On and from 23rd March 71 I increased my night sentries with necessary instruction to keep watch over the movement of Pak army.

 On the 24th of March 71 we saw the pak army placing some automatic weapons in the Circuit house compound at Dinajpur facing our lines. This activity on the part of the Pak army created tension.

 On 25th night at about 01-30 hrs I got up from sleep and sat for Tahajjat prayer and hardly I could finish it when I got a telephone call from my Adji Capt Zaved Feroz (punjabi), who asked me to report at the sector Comd residence in uniform. I got perplexed. However, I put on my uniform and took my revolver and loaded it with view to shoot at least two in the event of any attempt upon my life. As soon as I came out of my gate I saw a jeep coming and when the jeep stopped before me at my gate. I saw two non-Bengalce escorts sitting inside the jeep. I boarded on the jeep and while I was passing by the residence of D. C. Dinajpur, I found the D. C's bunglow encircled by the pak army with automatic weapons. After reaching the residence of sector Comd I saw all of our officers holding a conference and among them there were Bengalee officers, viz QM.. Capt Nazir Ahmed, Capt Nazrul Haque, Asstt wing Comd, 8 Wing and Medical Officer Maj M.II. Choudhury and at the presence of my officers there, my mental unrest to some extent minimised. After my arrival there, Sector Comd informed me that in Dacca, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Khulna and other districts innumerable cases of arson, looting and molestation of women and all sorts of unsocial activities have occurred due to the failure of civil adm. So for the greater interest of public and the state, the Army and the EPR have taken over the the adm. of the country i. e. E. pak, now Bangladesh, from mid night. The Sector Comd asked me to inform lines over telephone asking them to assemble in the Recreation Room where he intended to address them. Accordingly, we all reached the EPR lines and the Sector Comd talked to men and talked to men and passed order to post pickets at the key points of the town, but it was found that most of the comds were non-Bengalees.