The Crack platoon blew up the Rampura power house and Gulbag power with a view to putting the city into darkness. This action led to close many industries which ultimately affected the economy.
On 16th July of 1971 six guerillas of the Crack platoon at about 9 p.m. started for blowing up the biggest power station of the city at Rampura. They took 20 lbs. of plastic explosive, detonator and fuse. Only these few number of commandos very successfully performed the operations. Reaching the gate of the power station they very tactfully overpowered the police and the guard at the gate and took away their riflles. By this time one of the commandos disconnected the telephone lines. They took away the key from guard and forced them at the point of sten gun to show rooms where the policemen and other guard were present. They also overpowered 17 policemen and made the operators oblige to take them to the transformer room. They successfully planted the explosive and blew up the transformer.
In the first week of November 1971 only two guerillas performed a heroic operation near Kalabagan on an army van. The guerillas in disguise of rickshawpuller while coming from Kalabagan area saw a military van coming towards their direction and they immediately got down from the rickshaw and took up their arms hidden in the rickshaw. When the van reached near them they opened fire and killed all of the army except the driver of the van.
When the guerilla operations were intensified in Dacca city the army virtually never came out of the barracks at night. The guerillas in broad day light performed an opcration on Razakars at the Bakhsibazar medical college hostel gate and killed two rajakars. The guerilla also killed five rajakars who were on duty at Narayanganj Victoria hospital.
The guerillas caused explosion at the IIotel Intercontinental notwithstanding the strong security measurers taken by the authority. The explosion at Hotel Intercontinental was done with a view to make the foreigners at the hotel a ware of the false pakistani propaganda regarding the normalcy in the city. Explosions were also caused at the Arts Faculty Building of Dacca University, at Siddheswsri Iligh School during the S.S.C. exammination, at Baitul Mukarram and Motijheel area and some other places. The explosions at Baitul Mukarram and Motijheel commercial arca had a good effect because the people got panicky and they started leaving the city. The students also stopped going to the classes due to the explosions at the university and the schools. At Jatrabari the guerillas of the Crack platoon fought face-to-face with the pakistani army and killed many of them and they blew up the bridge at Jatrabari. disconnecting Dacca from Narayanganj.
When the day of the liberation was approaching the guerilla operations were being intensified. The guerillas geared up their operations since October. Meanwhile, Maink platoon was active at Savar and carried out some operations on the enemy forces. The platoon raised the Bangladesh flags on the top of school building in the locality in November. During November the entire Roopganj police station came in the hands of the guerillas and they made foothold there.
